Dr. Lee Colan offers four questions to help us begin moving out of our comfort zone. The first is, “Who else has done it?” No matter how unique our idea or inspiration may seem to us, it has most likely already been done by someone else. For instance, when Dave Ramsey found himself in a compromised financial situation, he found financially successful people and asked them how they achieved their success. If you want to write and publish a book, then find out how a successful author got started. If you are interested in opening a restaurant, seek out the owner of a popular restaurant and ask him how he did it.

Whether you want to start your own business, explore a new occupation, go back to school or just quit a bad habit, you are more likely to succeed when you have the encouragement, support and recommendations of someone who has already achieved a similar goal. So go find the person who has “been there and done that.”