01/04/2022
If you’re not where you want to be in your life, it may be because you’re stuck inside of your own comfort zone. It’s easy to do what you’re used to doing and stay within the confines of least resistance, but if you want to make progress in your life, you need to break free from what holds you back.
Here are 6 reasons why your comfort zone may be holding you back in life and what you can do to change that. Today am going to talk about 3 out of them, and i know it will be of help to you as a Leader.
1.Without Risks, You Won’t Discover Your True Self. So take some risks now.
Living in your comfort zone is all about doing what is safe and easy: you know the outcome. If you’re afraid to take some risks and do something that scares you, you can never really understand who you truly are.
We often learn the most about ourselves when we walk openly into challenges and learn how to overcome them. Despite feeling fear and doubt, we do something anyway and prove to ourselves just what kind of person we are.
We find out a lot about ourselves when we take risks. We discover what makes us tick and begin to see that part of ourselves deep inside, our true self, the one that holds the wisdom and power most of us are unaware of. When you can connect to your true self, you open doors to change, growth, progress, love, and understanding that cannot be found inside your comfort zone.
2.You Can’t Learn Much in Your Comfort Zone. You can’t grow as a human being by following the path that’s already lit. As AJ Leon says, “Don’t follow well-lit paths; grab a machete and hack down your own.”
You learn more about yourself taking the road less traveled. You see and experience things you may never have if you’d stayed with what was comfortable. Science has confirmed that once you know the best way of doing something and get into repetition mode, your brain’s learning centers essentially shut down With knowledge and growth comes an increased ability to do things in your life you never dreamed possible. All you have to do is start hacking.
For example, imagine you always go on vacation to the same city. You know the street names, which restaurants serve the best food, and you may even have some contacts you always get in touch with while there. This is your comfort zone.
Perhaps during your next vacation, you decide to not only go to a different city but to an entirely different country. What will you have to learn before you go? You may need to learn some basic words in a new language and check out maps of the city to get oriented before landing. Once you get there, your mind will have to take in the various aspects of the new culture, people, and architecture.
This vacation will force you to learn something new both about yourself and the world around you. By stepping outside of your comfort zone, your horizons extend beyond what you’ve always known. This leads to new perspectives and perhaps a newfound sense of motivation to do something new each time you have the chance.
3.You May Postpone Your Goals
A scenario that I’ve seen happen time and time again is one where you are faced with a difficult situation in your life, and instead of facing it head on and overcoming it, you take a step back into your comfort zone. This is a major red flag when it comes to your goals in life and not being able to achieve them.
Your life goals are important. When difficulties come up and they will, you need to be brave enough to keep moving forward. It’s easy to just jump back into your routine, but postponing your goals now will make them more difficult to achieve later on. Find the courage to push through the hard things and you’ll be glad you did later on. More to come, I'm Victor Adeniyi and i want a better you
