Decide with your comfort zone and decide when it is safer from it

Greetings, my dear readers! A person who is seriously engaged in self-development and improving personal effectiveness, probably easily to answer the question of today's theme. The comfort zone is not really distributed in psychology. Someone says that from the usual state must need to be published, while others advise not to force their body and the psyche by excessive stress, which are accompanied by way out. Today I want to talk to you about what the power and weakness of our convenience and how to learn to leave it if necessary, without much damage.

I would like to recommend you an excellent book by Michael Anderson " How to get out of the comfort zone. Personal Efficiency Guide" In it, you will find answers to theoretical questions and get a good database of exercises, examples and tasks.

Convenience or habit?

Many confuse psychological tranquility, habitual behavior, setting patterns with material well-being. I often hear people under the comfort zone understand dear houses and yachts, fashionable cars, jewelry, fur and so on. No, the comfort zone is completely irrelevant to an external environment and state.

What is the comfort zone then? This is a sense of psychological safety, a cozy and familiar atmosphere, certain models and behavior patterns. For a rich and powerful person, of course, the comfort zone will be a gorgeous estate, a huge number of subordinates, dear and comfortable car. Such a person will test stress if he will lose its usual situation.

And for the poor, his familiar lifestyle is comfortable. Such a person, unpretentious wealth, will bring discomfort and strong.

Therefore, the comfort zone does not have anything to do with external circumstances. This is our inner feeling of comfort, comfort and tranquility.

Every person has their own. For one person, the comfort zone will end there, where the situation went a little differently. This is immediately stressful, unpleasant feelings, discomfort.

One of my client has exactly the narrow boundaries. The bosses asked to take on a little more obligations that were directly related to its work. But for the girl it turned out to be the strongest stress.

The other person easily copes with situations that come out of the usual and standard scenario. So, my friend not only took over new obligations on work, but mastered another direction and eventually became the head of two departments.

As you can see, because of how wide your boundaries, it depends on how easy you can cope with different situations that knock out from the usual order of things. How easy you to knock out from the rut? How fast are you putting easy stress? All this and speaks about the borders of your comfort zone and how easily you come out of it.

Good or bad?

Let's try to understand that there is good and bad in our comfort zone. Let's start with positive moments. Of course, first of all we are talking about psychological tranquility, safety, preservation, feeling comfort. This is necessary for normal life.

While in their comfort zone, you are satisfied from and. You understand that all previous efforts were not in vain that you tried and got a good result. If we consider it as an intermediate stage, then in the future it strongly helps to achieve new goals and achieve even more.

Since here we are talking about standard behavior, the usual model, then the advantages can also write the speed of action. After all, when we do something in the experience of the already established habits, it takes much less time and strength.

Of course, an indisputable advantage is the lack of stress, as well as unpleasant and negative emotions. This is a great help for psychological health, sincere equilibrium and excellent mood.

But since there are advantages, it means that you can find cons. The most terrible minus is the illusion that the comfort zone creates. Being in a stable position, a person seems to be that this is the best option that it should be. But this is self-deception. After all, it can always be even better. But while in the comfort zone, a person stops. Why move somewhere further, if so good?

Murder motivation. Do something else is destroyed by the fact that the current position of things seems perfect. So, a person can stop doing something and move forward. Stagnation is not just no movement, this is a movement back, regression.

We already understood that the action on the template saves time and strength. But over time, this habit begins to play against you. How? Narrow thinking. It is hard to see a new version, the inability to consider the situation at different angles.

My client is used to walking into one grocery store near the house. Convenient, agree. But it turned out that their family had to move to another area. The man is so used to his shop at the house that he went only into him, although there were enough other stores in the new area.

A simple way to understand whether you are ready to get out of your comfort zone. Think what is more for you: pros or minuses.

If the minuses, then you can safely go beyond the borders, act in a new way, if more advantages, then you will be hard to leave your comfort zone, especially for a long period.

Go out or stay?

Of course, all coaches and personal effectiveness loudly shout about the exit from their comfort zone. I agree if Sydded is to sit in a well-minded Mirka, then you can miss a lot of chances, pass by the benefit. But as in any case, it is necessary to approle it here.

I, rather, for expanding borders. What does it mean? When I come across a situation that clearly does not get into the circle of my comfort zone, I try to get out a little, look around and understand where to move on. If my usual behavior is winning, I choose it. If I understand that for victory, I need to learn something new, act in an unusual way, then, undoubtedly, choose this option.

I believe that it doesn't make sense to leave the comfort zone forcibly. Specially move to another city, dramatically change the work, it is difficult to take loans, mortgages. Each your step should be reasonable and benefit, benefit.

Therefore, the most faithful solution is harmony. When it is possible to be inside a comfortable zone, then do not raise yourself, your own body and psyche. But when the situation requires such an exit, it should be safe to meet a new one and not be afraid.

One of my girlfriend somehow told me: here, everyone says, come out of your comfort zone and then you will achieve more, it would be better for me to have been told how to get into this zone.

Learn to see new, do not be afraid to try and experience uncharted. The main thing is not to stand still. Act according to your and common sense. I think you understand perfectly well, it is meaningless of the comfort of comfort forcibly. It is necessary when you really get more than you lose.

How much do you greatly experience sharp changes? Are you easy or difficult to adapt to the new one?

I wish you to reach harmony.
Successes!