Step Out of the Comfort Zone for Greater Success

Posted: February 07, 2017

At one time or another, we all enter a comfort zone - a place where we settle for what is, because change may be intimidating. The most successful people continually reach for bigger and better and rarely settle into a comfort zone for long. Challenge yourself, step out of the comfort zone and reach for new heights - it can lead to great things. Micheal Gilmore, contributor to Dumb Little Man and Marketing Manager, helps us learn to take changes and challenge ourselves.

The Call for Change: Time to Step Out of the Comfort Zone

Have you ever tried to define the comfort zone? It’s that place that you don’t like, but you’re afraid to change. You know you’re supposed to do greater things. You want to be more successful. You want to learn more. You need to make a change. Still, the comfort zone is like a disease that kills your ability to make that change. It frightens you with the assumption: “What if I fail?” Why is this state of inactivity called a comfort zone? Why does it make you comfortable where you are, even though you’re not happy with your accomplishments? You feel comfortable because you know nothing unexpected can happen. You have a vision of how your day, week and year are going to end. Sooner or later, we all get the call to action. Something inside is telling us that we were not born to be comfortable. We were made for challenges – both on a personal and professional level. At that point, you have two options:

• Honor the call and step out of that box, or
• Keep convincing yourself that you’re perfectly well as you are.

Read the entire article, The Call for Change: Time to Step Out of the Comfort Zone, at Dumb Little Man.