Comfort zone is the situation or environment with which one is comfortable, without creating a sense of risk. In other words, it is the feeling of security.
Many people think of comfort zone in a negative terms. That’s why many motivational speakers always encourage us to leave our comfort zone. They argue that comfort zone will make us lazy and that it will decrease our motivation.
For me, a comfort zone is a good thing. Once I am in a comfortable situation, I can enjoy doing what I love to do. Let me give you an example.
I’ve been learning guitar since I was in 5th grade in elementary school. At that time, 80’s rock music was major hit. Rock bands were the idol. You know, a bunch of guys with long hair, wearing tight leather pants, and banging their heads up and down. What I like of course is the rock music itself, with the voice that can reach the highest notes, and the 30 seconds of beautiful guitar solo in the middle of the songs. That’s what made me love rock music. Until now.
In terms of playing music, rock is my comfort zone. Does it make me lazy? Does it decrease my motivation? No! Until now, I am still learning rock songs, whether it is from 80’s era, or rock songs from the newer era. New challenges are coming, in terms of new songs, or in terms of technology. Do you know that that a famous guitar factory release guitars with seven strings instead of six? That’s a new challenge.
Of course sometimes some friends of mine will ask me to play jazz in a band. OK, I’ll accept the challenge. But, since jazz is not my comfort zone, I didn’t play it with heart. It was just mechanical, with no passion at all. So the result will not be as good as the one I love doing.
Let me give you another example. I used to work in one of the top five consulting companies in the world. In this company, I learned so many softwares but the knowledge is not deep enough. So many but not deep. So many zone was available to me. You can say that I was a generalist. And then one day I decided to become a specialist, to specialize in one software only. So, I choose the one that is more promising in terms of career and the one I was comfortable with. I chose SAP as my comfort zone.
Why bother moving to a different zone that you are not comfortable at, when in comfort zone you can give values to the world. So, my fellow toastmasters, enjoy your comfort zone, but don’t forget to take it to the higher level.
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Many people think of comfort zone in a negative terms. That’s why many motivational speakers always encourage us to leave our comfort zone. They argue that comfort zone will make us lazy and that it will decrease our motivation.
For me, a comfort zone is a good thing. Once I am in a comfortable situation, I can enjoy doing what I love to do. Let me give you an example.
I’ve been learning guitar since I was in 5th grade in elementary school. At that time, 80’s rock music was major hit. Rock bands were the idol. You know, a bunch of guys with long hair, wearing tight leather pants, and banging their heads up and down. What I like of course is the rock music itself, with the voice that can reach the highest notes, and the 30 seconds of beautiful guitar solo in the middle of the songs. That’s what made me love rock music. Until now.
In terms of playing music, rock is my comfort zone. Does it make me lazy? Does it decrease my motivation? No! Until now, I am still learning rock songs, whether it is from 80’s era, or rock songs from the newer era. New challenges are coming, in terms of new songs, or in terms of technology. Do you know that that a famous guitar factory release guitars with seven strings instead of six? That’s a new challenge.
Of course sometimes some friends of mine will ask me to play jazz in a band. OK, I’ll accept the challenge. But, since jazz is not my comfort zone, I didn’t play it with heart. It was just mechanical, with no passion at all. So the result will not be as good as the one I love doing.
Let me give you another example. I used to work in one of the top five consulting companies in the world. In this company, I learned so many softwares but the knowledge is not deep enough. So many but not deep. So many zone was available to me. You can say that I was a generalist. And then one day I decided to become a specialist, to specialize in one software only. So, I choose the one that is more promising in terms of career and the one I was comfortable with. I chose SAP as my comfort zone.
Why bother moving to a different zone that you are not comfortable at, when in comfort zone you can give values to the world. So, my fellow toastmasters, enjoy your comfort zone, but don’t forget to take it to the higher level.
(c) created by MZ
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