Bill Belew has raised 2 bi-cultural kids, now 34 and 30. And he and his wife are now parenting a 3rd, Mia, who is 8.

Daddy says sometimes you have to get out of your comfort zone.

I think that means you have to do things you are not used to sometimes.

Daddy says it will help you stretch, be more flexible, be more adaptable.

I guess those are good things. I’ll know better when I grow up.

Daddy says he is not a super friendly, warm and fuzzy guy.

But when he went to Bangkok to talk about Social Media to a bunch of hospital managers, doctors, nurses and such the organizers gave him a booth.

That meant he had to stand/sit and smile while people walked by. And he had to start up a conversation.

“Way way out of my comfort zone. Not that I can’t do it. Or am not good at it. I just don’t want to do it.”

Daddy says that sitting in a booth and trying to reach people is pushing himself on people = push, outbound marketing.

He likes to create value and when he does that, people find him = pull, inbound marketing.

This is what he taught to the group in Asia. But while he was doing that, he found himself in the very position that he says doesn’t work.

I wonder if daddy was out of his comfort zone or if he was just doing something he didn’t like.

Have you ever been out of your comfort zone?

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