Last Updated on 3 years by Joseph
What Is Your Comfort Zone
“The comfort zone is a friendly, safe, relaxed, and reassuring psychological state. You will never change your life until you leave your comfort zone. Changes are in your comfort zone. It starts from the end. “
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“THE COMFORT ZONE”
01.
COMFORT ZONE
- Feels safe and in control
02.
FEAR ZONE
- Lacks of self-confidence
- Looks for excuses
- Effected by other people’s opinions
03.
LEARNING ZONE
- Deals with problems and challenges
- Acquires new skills
- Extends the comfort zone
04.
GROWTH ZONE
- Finds purpose in life
- Live the dreams
- Sets new goals
- Overcome obstacles
A comfort zone is usually described as the zone in life in which individuals feel most comfortable, and it can be considered a mental rather than physical space. Clearly, physical aspects of comfort can influence where a person will be at ease, but usually, this is because these physical things are interpreted by the brain as safe. For example, an individual’s comfort zone might include defining sitting on their comfy couch at home as comfortable, and that individual could feel distinct unease if they have to do something else, like attend a party at someone else’s house in lieu of getting to be at home and spend time on the couch. This event might push a person out of their “zone.”
Much of the reason comfort zones are concerned is because they become a reliable predictor for how people will behave or respond to situations, and they can be viewed as a stagnating element in people’s lives. Remaining inside a comfort zone that doesn’t allow for mental expansion or consideration of new ideas means people will stay relatively the same through life. Exterior factors are more likely to contribute to breaking down the zone barriers. Great tragedies or life changes may push people to change too.
Leaving a comfort zone voluntarily is an opportunity for personal growth, and it doesn’t have to be caused by radical or challenging events. Marketing staff who head to work often find that they are asked to look for new ideas and interpretations, and those “minor forces” can push that marketing personnel to mentally expand zones and evaluate things in new ways. Leaving the comfort of homes changes the perception of comfort zones too.
Goals Settings exercises often focus on this issue of learning how to stretch beyond defined zones to continue personal growth. Ultimately, mental comfort can be an enemy that keeps people from continuing on a path of change. Yet those that welcome stepping outside their defined zones may have a life of learning and development ahead of them.