E25 SUCCESS HABIT #6 COURAGE - NAVIGATING THROUGH THE COMFORT ZONE AND TERROR BARRIER
- S1E25
- 13:00
- January 9th 2025
Breaking beyond your comfort zone isn’t just a motivational catchphrase—it’s the gritty, defining skill separating those who wish from those who achieve. In this episode, Donna and Londina dive deep into the real mechanics of courage and the unseen “terror barrier” that stands between you and business growth.
This matters because every entrepreneur, no matter how accomplished, faces invisible boundaries that keep them from playing bigger.
Comfort zones feel safe, but they’re rarely truly comfortable; they’re the hidden culprits behind missed opportunities and stalled dreams.
Learning how to spot these boundaries and push past them isn’t just a fluffy mindset trick—it’s the key habit that unlocks real business and personal transformation.
What You Need to Know
- The “comfort zone” is a psychological space where things feel familiar and safe, but staying here keeps your life and business from evolving.
- To reach any new level of success, you must go through the “terror barrier”—a stretch of discomfort, fear, and uncertainty the brain naturally resists.
- The mind is wired to pull you back into safety, even using clever, logical excuses to justify retreating from your goals.
- This habit of courage is about cultivating an all-consuming desire strong enough to push you through resistance, taking intentional risks, and refusing to quit at the first sign of fear.
What You Need to Do
- Identify moments when you quietly shift goals, move deadlines, or rationalize taking the easy path—these are the comfort zone’s tricks at play.
- Name your terror barrier: What bold step or new dream is making you hesitate or invent reasons to delay? Write it down.
- Reaffirm your commitment to your big goal, even if it means keeping an uncomfortable date or target in place.
- When you feel the urge to retreat (like doing less work, pushing off targets, or giving up), pause and acknowledge it. Then, make one small, immediate step forward anyway.
Your Next Step
Tune in to this episode and challenge yourself: What is one action you’ve been putting off because it feels scary or uncertain?
Decide now to do it—no excuses, no revised deadlines. Growth starts at the edge of your comfort zone, and on the other side of that terror barrier lies your next breakthrough.
00:35 Meet Your Hosts: Donna and Londina
02:12 How to Stay Connected with IBGR
02:55 Episode Overview: Building Success Habits
03:57 Understanding the Comfort Zone
04:34 Quotes on Courage and the Terror Barrier
07:41 Personal Stories and Experiences
10:24 Navigating the Terror Barrier
11:30 Key Issues and Moving Forward
Building Success Habits
“The more tranquil a person becomes, the greater is their success, their influence, their power for good.” James Allen
"Building Success Habits" is a podcast hosted by Donna Kunde (Business Coach) and Londina Cruz (Life Strategist). The show is all about sharing practical tips, strategies, and insights for building success habits in all areas of life.
This show was originally produced as hour-long radio content, later adapted into 4-episode Signature Season themes for podcast listeners.
The podcast explores a variety of success habits, including goal-setting, resilience, focus, and productivity. Each episode provides insights into how these habits can be developed and maintained, along with tips for staying motivated and on track.
In addition to success habits, the show covers personal development and mindset topics, such as overcoming limiting beliefs and cultivating a growth mindset. Donna and Londina share their own experiences and challenges in these areas, providing listeners with relatable examples and actionable advice.
Whether you are an entrepreneur, business owner, or simply someone who wants to achieve more success in your personal and professional life, "Building Success Habits" offers inspiration and tools to help you achieve your goals and live a more fulfilling life.
Join Donna and Londina on this journey of self-discovery and growth, and learn how to build the success habits that will transform your life.
"When we begin to see the world from the inside out, life will happen through us instead of to us."
Donna Kunde is one of IBGR's founders and started her career in radio at WNTW on it's Sales 2020 Show. In her role as EVP Supply Management she is responsible for day-to-day station operations and the quality of programming - both show topics and OnAir Talent.
She is an internationally recognized Business Coach and Trainer bringing 20+ years’ experience in military leadership. Donna has been a serial entrepreneur for the last 25 years owning a range of businesses experiencing the unique challenges solopreneurs face with small business growth.
In addition to her entrepreneurial background, Donna brings 35 years of academic and applied cognitive and behavioral science experience to the IBGR Network. Her specialty is helping organizations navigate through change, challenge and tragedy. The combination of her intensive study of the mind, plus practical applications in human potential, Donna provides a unique perspective on leadership, personal growth, sales, communication, and team building.
A high point of Donna's training career happened when she accompanied Dr. John C. Maxwell and his team on a country transformation mission. At the request of the Costa Rican government, the Maxwell team successfully trained 15,000 Round Table facilitators in three days, resulting in a 2% transformation of that nation and projected to reach another 60,000 Costa Ricans the following week. Her trademark energetic communication style and teaching skills have earned her a reputation as a highly effective speaker and respected facilitator.
Londina Cruz is an International Trainer, Executive Coach, and Keynote Speaker with the John Maxwell Team and a Strategic Coach with Anthony Robbins. Londina is a part of Global Transformation with the John Maxwell Foundation, training thousands of leaders in Paraguay and Costa Rica to help transform the values and culture of these nations.
She has spent more than 25 years studying, coaching and consulting in personal mastery and human performance techniques. These techniques include emotional and social intelligence trainings that elevate individuals, leaders and their organizations to excel well beyond current standards – offering a dynamic competitive advantage.
Londina has taken a situation that would devastate most individuals, being hit by a drunk driver, and has turned it into her life force. In this accident, Londina sustained a traumatic head injury, broken back and broken neck. The doctors gave her little hope of a normal life. She has now turned this challenge into an extraordinary life of empowering others to turn their fears into freedom and reach their potential.
Mastering her limiting beliefs and overcoming all that doctors had told her, Londina has thrived physically as well.
She has become a Triathlete (competing in a Half-Ironman and medaling in numerous other triathlons), a two-time marathon runner (Nike Women’s in San Francisco and the Marine Corps in Washington), and a cyclist.
She has released 100 lbs. by taking control of her thoughts instead of allowing thoughts to control her.
She knows what it takes to take you and your team from where you are to where you want to be.
As a Certified Coach, Teacher and Speaker, I can offer you workshops, seminars, keynote speaking, and coaching, aiding your personal and professional growth through study and practical application of John’s proven leadership methods. Working together, I will move you and/or your team or organization in the desired direction to reach your goals.
Contact me. I am looking forward to assisting you on your journey to becoming a success in your life and/or business.