{"id":23250,"date":"2023-05-03T13:43:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T05:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/?p=23250"},"modified":"2025-05-01T11:50:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T03:50:40","slug":"weekly-wisdom-how-to-step-outside-of-your-comfort-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/weekly-wisdom-how-to-step-outside-of-your-comfort-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Wisdom: How To Step Outside of Your Comfort Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Written by Alumni & Friends<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the easiest way to step outside of your comfort zone? \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning from experience, Curtin Mauritius<\/a> graduate <\/a>Elisa Colimalay, ACIM<\/a> (BCom Mgmt & Mktg 2018) knows all too well that moving beyond your comfort zone is far from easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, Elisa struggled with self-doubt when she launched her events business, OhTop Events, at the age of 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStarting out, I was worried that my young age would be a setback in agreement negotiations. But I soon realised that age is merely a social construct and that success can only be achieved through action.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By shifting her mindset, Elisa has been able to successfully manage her full-time corporate job while being able to grow her thriving events business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elisa shares her top tips on how to step out of your comfort zone below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Connect with other inspiring graduates and join our alumni community here: https:\/\/bit.ly\/44jCLGH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by Alumni & Friends<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Curtin Mauritius graduate Elisa Colimalay shares her insights on overcoming self-doubt and stepping outside your comfort zone. The young entrepreneur, who launched her events business, OhTop Events, at 19, emphasizes the importance of action and mindset shifts in achieving success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":23255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","wds_primary_category":710,"footnotes":""},"categories":[710],"tags":[709,514],"class_list":["post-23250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-after-curtin","tag-linkedin","tag-professional-development"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23250"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24912,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23250\/revisions\/24912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}