“Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things”

– Robert A. Heinlein

Making Ripples: post-corporate adventures: Moving out of your “comfort” zone
Moving out of your “comfort” zone

A “comfort zone” is a pattern of behavior that gives you a sense of security. It usually involves creating artificial boundaries to exclude any exposure to events, ideas, and people who might cause you distress.

That certainly sounds like a great idea until you consider the following:

Growth of any kind involves overcoming the fear of events, ideas, and people who cause you distress.

When you look at it that way, a comfort zone can be viewed as a self-constructed trap.

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Making Ripples: post-corporate adventures: Moving out of your “comfort” zone – part 2
Moving out of your “comfort” zone – part 2

If you read my earlier post, you may already understand that a comfort zone can be a self-constructed trap. It is the mechanism you construct to avoid any exposure to events, ideas, and people who might cause you distress. It is the barrier that will hold you back in life especially if you are an artisan, a musician or a writer.

If you are having difficulty following this train of thought, here are some examples from life. You are hiding in a “comfort zone” if you are doing any of the following:

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Making Ripples: post-corporate adventures
You create your future with every decision you make or decide not to make.

“A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.”

– Albert Einstein