Your discomfort zone may be your biggest barrier to getting ahead in business.

If you avoid discomfort too often and for too long, this tendency can become a negative coping strategy that hurts more than it helps.

The disclaimer on investments is that “past performance is not an indicator of future results.”

Many people resist change because it’s uncomfortable. It may require giving up old habits, abandoning outdated processes, or even letting go of long-held views that once seemed immutable.

In short, change often involves an uneasy step into the unknown.

Sterling Hawkins certainly understands that, and he has a few entrepreneurial battle scars to prove it.

From a multi-billion-dollar startup to collapse and bouncing back to launch, invest in and grow more than 50 companies, he now puts that experience to work with C-level teams at some of the largest organizations in the world…