“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself ” – Soren Kiekegaard.
I’m sure you must have heard about living in a “comfort zone”, What exactly is comfort zone? Let me elaborate. Couch surfing on a Sunday afternoon vs. getting up and going to the Gym or mucking around at Facebook instead of giving time to your family.
These are just trivial examples of mundane things that we could do when finding ourselves upset or frustrated on not having a growth opportunity. I got hang of this concept in one of my communication class during screen business course, A Stretch zone is what lies outside of our comfort zone. I call it the “growth zone” because you meet growth opportunity aka learning experience only when you are outside of your comfort zone.
If you leave the moment to go back to comfort zone, you will lose opportunity to grow, in our example opportunity to be with our family or lose some extra fat at the gym. If you wish to take advantage of this moment you need to find the lesson or the learning ripe for the picking. Why not just live comfortably in our comfort zone? Because if you wish to live your dreams, you are going to have to grow. Growth only happens outside of your comfort zone, meaning when you push yourself and when you are uncomfortable.
“if you do what you usually do, you’ll get results that you usually get” – Anonymous.
I can harp on this concept a lot, however only thing that counts is getting the drive to get to your purpose. During the Xmas break take this opportunity to ponder on what actions you might need for next year that will make you uncomfortable and closer to your purpose. Wishing you very safe and happy holiday season and see you in 2018!
“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction” – John F Kennedy.
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Originally published on December 21, 2017