Analyzing Yourself- Getting out of your comfort zone

Comfort zone is a mental state in which the people are following a set of behaviors that are most comfortable for them. They do not try new challenges and they do not achieve anything new in this zone. This comfort zone is a hurdle for their achievement of carrier goal. If people want to win something, they could do it by improving their own skills. But if people want to achieve something that does really need to get out of their comfort zone.

There is a famous quote, “Life begins when you get out of your comfort zone” by Neale Donald Walsch. Every individual should come out of their comfort zone and try to adapt to the changing culture. Being in comfort zone will not help you to face difficulties in life. For example, if you are working in a corporate then your comfort zone will lead you to stagnant in the same carrier position. You cannot improve your position and of course salary, unless you avail yourself with new tasks and challenging risks in your job. If A. R. Rahman thought his comfort zone is Tamil music only, then he would not have won Oscar. 

In this highly competitive world people with great innovation and ideas can only achieve. When does a great innovation happen? It happens only when there is a great thinking. When does a great thinking happen? It happens only when a person think out of his/her box with a broad mind. It can happen only when one get out of his/her comfort zone.

There is another quote which is quite interesting, “When was the last time you did a task for the first time”. Everyone should ask this question to their self.  Everyday doing the same job will not help you to go beyond the boundaries. In the same way it will bore you one day for sure. Try something new and willing to accept the risks, and start creating wonders in your life.

Another interesting fact is that getting out of your comfort zone will help you to bring out your true potential in all the aspects. Actually if you do the tasks being in the comfort zone that will not come out as the best in you. So get out of your comfort zone, go and win the world.

To get out of the comfort zone, the following steps will be helpful.

· Imagine how you want to change.

· Expect how the change will benefit you.

· Mentally prepare yourself for the change and motivate yourself to achieve the         goal.

“Get out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something NEW”. - Brian Tracy.

This post was written by Yuvaraja.P, I year PGDM.