COMFORT ZONE

COMFORT ZONE

When I talk about comfort zone, I get confused most of the time. And why is so?! For me, comfort zone is a place where I feel good, relaxed and ready to give my best. Now when I talk to people, they say coming out of comfort zone is very important, otherwise how can one develop new ideas, zones and work areas. Why is that so?

I don’t completely agree with this thinking. We do everything to create a comfort zone whether it be our professional or personal life. I wanted to have work as per my liking and passion, a three-bedroom house with all the facilities, vehicles and other things to give me a comfortable living. This allows me to have a control of the environment and I give a steady level of performance. Familiarity is one word that describes it.

Now what? Is this the end? No, now I want to achieve some more things in my life. So I strive for those “things” and again build a comfort zone with the addition of these “new things”. This will again change as we all evolve. The experiences, actions, thoughts, skills and the way we perceive change, will make way for another “comfort zone”.

Now if people say it’s the way we are used to doing things, then they are according to me a little lazy and do not want to change and are happy there. To pursue and achieve greater accomplishments, which we all dream off, automatically drives us to challenge ourselves and then again, the quest to make another comfort zone begins. We give our best in our respective comfort zones which increases our productivity, improves our ability to adapt and helps us to expand our boundaries. Sometimes the feelings may be negative and pull you back but that’s natural and we try to overcome them by adopting different means.

Confronting your insecurities one at a time, expanding your boundaries, both personally and professionally, will help you discover yourself more and improve your ability to feel comfortable in more difficult situations. It’s the frame of mind rather than any shortcoming which holds people back in most cases.

If am getting something in my comfort zone, that is to increase my output.

If we are getting all the facilities, data, research, equipment’s and other means to succeed in anything, then these are to provide comfort zone only. What else can it be?! That means with more comforts, more the productivity, the more the performance. If people understand this, being in the comfort zone, the productivity and growth can be increased, they will keep on adding to their comfort zone than going out of it.

Embracing new challenges will increase the zone of the comfort than opting to go out of it.?

Written By: R.Vidya Praveena Varghese, Director and Legal Head, Jibi School of Sports.

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