One of my favorite quotes of Steve Jobs " The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything". So what does it mean to me? " Loathe comfort zone. Get passionately curious ".
Much has been spoken about about how one's passion leads to making remarkable contributions. What about comfort zone? How does one get out of it? To get out of it, one should be able to realize whether he is in a comfort zone or not?
It's simple... To find out if you are in a comfort zone,look for the following indicators:
1. You are very busy with your day to day activities. Mistaking Activities for accomplishment
2. I am the expert, I know it better and I cannot be questioned
3.You look for activity efficiency over creating new things
4. Nobody questions your decisions and you have a bunch of sycophants who overwhelmingly approve your decisions
5. Nature of work is supervisory and you spend more time in meetings deliberating pointless processes
These are just some of the indicators of you getting stuck into a comfort zone. The lizard brain in you will reassure that the going is great till you realize that rapid changes will topple the existing set up.
Likewise what are the indicators of moving out of comfort zones...
1. You are hands on with your job...Feeling of back to basics. Actually you pick up one of your books and start brushing up your basics
2. Great deal of effort is required to push through your ideas
3.You push your work to everybody and solicit feedback
4.A child like enthusiasm to do work despite facing criticisms
5. When you listen more than talking. Better cognitive abilities.
Moving out of the comfort zone feels like crawling through a bottle neck. You may get pushed, squeezed but you are sure to move to the next stage.
Get uncomfortable with status quo. You will get shaped up well.
Looks like bottlenecks are desirable.
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| Loathe Comfort Zone |
It's simple... To find out if you are in a comfort zone,look for the following indicators:
1. You are very busy with your day to day activities. Mistaking Activities for accomplishment
2. I am the expert, I know it better and I cannot be questioned
3.You look for activity efficiency over creating new things
4. Nobody questions your decisions and you have a bunch of sycophants who overwhelmingly approve your decisions
5. Nature of work is supervisory and you spend more time in meetings deliberating pointless processes
These are just some of the indicators of you getting stuck into a comfort zone. The lizard brain in you will reassure that the going is great till you realize that rapid changes will topple the existing set up.
Likewise what are the indicators of moving out of comfort zones...
1. You are hands on with your job...Feeling of back to basics. Actually you pick up one of your books and start brushing up your basics
2. Great deal of effort is required to push through your ideas
3.You push your work to everybody and solicit feedback
4.A child like enthusiasm to do work despite facing criticisms
5. When you listen more than talking. Better cognitive abilities.
Moving out of the comfort zone feels like crawling through a bottle neck. You may get pushed, squeezed but you are sure to move to the next stage.
Get uncomfortable with status quo. You will get shaped up well.
Looks like bottlenecks are desirable.
6 comments:
Nice, I liked this!
good one..can relate very well to this...
very interesting and nice to read.
Absolutely :)
Regards,
Padma
@all Thanks for the feedback
Good one...
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