“It is necessary to leave the comfort zone” - this phrase has been heard, perhaps, by everyone. And it is used by people who want to make changes in their lives. The comfort zone is a life without fuss, problems, dangers, where everything goes on as usual, without force majeure and stress. The question arises - why then leave this comfort zone, if everything is so good in it?
In fact, human development is practically impossible without the so-called "magic kick". You need a stimulus to trigger changes in life! Because in a comfortable state, where the scenario of life is known in advance and every day is similar to the previous one, the desire to change something does not arise by itself. In such a state, the need to set goals, achieve them and develop is lost, and this is nothing more than the beginning of degradation.
For example, perhaps the most common desire of people at the present time is to take care of their own health and force themselves to start running in the morning. (This is a way out of the comfort zone.) But if you "dig deeper" and look for the reason why it is almost impossible to allocate time for sports in the morning, it turns out that a person simply does not have the necessary free time for this! And this is not because you want to sit on the Internet in the morning for breakfast or for some other reason. The fact is that a person simply does not sleep his daily rate, or sleeps exactly as much as the body needs to recuperate. And it would be worth, on the contrary, to enter the comfort zone, and not leave it. Because you can always get out of it …
There is another reason - this is a misunderstanding and use of the expression "comfort zone". If a person is unsuitable for work for personal reasons (for example, low wages, far from home, an inconvenient schedule, a difficult team, etc.) and he wants to change it, but does not take any action, then this is not a way out of the comfort zone. (what kind of comfort it is under such working conditions), and perhaps a reluctance to act and look for another job for some reason.
Just as a car engine cannot operate without fuel, human development is absolutely impossible until there is a necessary supply of energy. There can be no talk of personal growth or leadership training if the person has not met their needs for food, sleep, health, safety, communication.
A very striking example of the importance of staying in a comfort zone is observed at all kinds of festivals. In most cases, master classes of various topics and directions are held at such events. But, barely arriving at the festival, people first of all set up camp and prepare the place where they will come for rest and overnight.
For each person, the needs for comfort will be different, depending on many factors. But referring to Maslow and his pyramid, the primary needs are: food, sleep, water, etc. When these needs are satisfied (a person eats normally, sleeps enough, etc.) a new level of needs arises: security, stability, confidence in the future., and the primary needs have already been met. Further, when a person feels safe, he directs his attention to the development of the level of friendship and love. When there are friends and love in the family, a person has a new horizon for realization and growth - respect among others, self-respect, recognition and self-affirmation. And only after all this does the need arise for the realization and development of abilities.
