THE COMFORT ZONE

In our homes, most of us have a thermostat that regulates the temperature. When it gets a bit too warm, the air conditioning kicks on to bring the temperature down to an acceptable range. When the temperature drops below a comfortable point, the heater comes on to bring the room temperature up to a more comfortable level. The ‘COMFORT ZONE’ is the range of temperature that is not too hot and not too cold; just comfortable.

Our personal comfort zone is where we are comfortable in what we are doing in our jobs, our lives, our experiences. It is where we have no feelings of risk or anxiety. Some call it being comfortable. Some would call it the place of comfort and relaxation. In the personal comfort zone of everybody, we have built-in thermostats that regulate our level of anxiety, fear, and discomfort. However, when we step outside of our normal, existing comfort boundary, we feel a little bit anxious, disturbed, and also discomfort. Often times, the natural tendency of everyone is to pull back.

The downside of all this is that always staying in our comfort zone can be very limiting; the world passes by us as we remain stagnant in that zone. We remain addicted to the same kind of lifestyle; we continue to move in the same cycle of comfort without no growth, no new learning, no new thing, and no new achievements and to crown it all no progress. Also, no worthwhile aspiration can be accomplished from within our comfort zone.

Therefore, we’ve got to move into the next zone- an area of risk, anxiety, a place where we seek adventure to acquire new grounds, gain new things, and learn new things. I call this zone the ‘NOT TOO COMFORTABLE BUT ADVENTUROUS ZONE OF PROGRESS’.  As we try new things, we gain confidence. Confidence makes us feel powerful and good. And when we are confident that we can survive new ideas, we allow ourselves to try even more new things.

Of course, being willing to take a risk doesn’t mean everything you try will work out.  But as every successful person will tell you, it’s only by being willing to make mistakes and try something new that you can ever accomplish more than what’s been done before.  As John F. Kennedy once said, “Nothing worthwhile has ever been accomplished with a guarantee of success.” Nothing ever will be.

Your movement from the comfort zone to the adventurous zone gives you the opportunity to make that adventurous zone another comfort zone because as you try to endure the risks and adventures, you gain new grounds. As you gain these new grounds, you create a potential new comfort zone of the next era.

GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONES AND DARE TO ENTER INTO THAT ADVENTUROUS ZONE OF PROGRESS.

THANK YOU