The phrase, “stepping out of your comfort zone” simply means pushing yourself past your limits; doing things that you wouldn't normally do. Your 'comfort zone' is a place where you feel a sense of familiarity, stress-free, certainty and security.
Challenging yourself to move outside your comfort zone can increase your resilience as well. You'll gain more confidence in how you handle failure or setbacks and become more comfortable with increased levels of stress, anxiety, and uncertainty.
If you really break down the phrase “Stepping out of your comfort zone,” it means doing things that you don't feel comfortable with doing. Getting outside of your comfort levels. You are encouraged to push yourself in unfamiliar places, to do things that you wouldn't normally do.
The question arises in our mind is that why move out of your comfort zone?
Not everything you want to achieve in life will be easy. By moving beyond your comfort zone into the growth zone, you'll be able to do just that: grow. You'll find yourself becoming more productive, achieving more, and reaching the goals you set for yourself — if you're willing to put in the work.
In times of discomfort, we need to remind ourselves that some of the best things happen outside a comfort zone. These experiences can both challenge us and help us grow. Commit to giving the situation a try with your best effort, and keep expectations low to alleviate additional pressure.
Here are the ways to get out of your comfort zone:
•Do one thing you've always wanted to.
•Take on a fitness challenge.
• Change up your routine.
• Expand your professional skill set.
• Choose a fear, and face it. •Travel somewhere new
•Discover more about potential challenges. The more you know about a new challenge or situation, the less scary it may seem.
•Devise a plan.
•Take small steps.
•Find accountability partners.
•Stay positive.
•Think creativity.
•Challenge your existing beliefs.
•Keep expanding your comfort zone.
The growth zone is the zone in which you will be able to achieve exceptional success. This is the zone where you will have achieved your main objectives and where you will be able to define even more ambitious new ones. Most successful people have made this journey and have taken the risk of leaving their comfort zone.
Growth mindsets, based on the famous work of Carol Dweck, recognise that we are all malleable and that we should view setbacks as opportunities for learning. If we do this our potential to achieve becomes unlimited.
Some quotes on stepping out of Comfort zone:
1) “As you move outside of your comfort zone, what was once the unknown and frightening becomes your new normal.” -Robin S. Sharma
2) “The comfort zone is nothing else but a graveyard for your dreams & ideas.”
-Anonymous
3) “The hardest thing to do is leaving your comfort zone. But you have to let go of the life you’re familiar with and take the risk to live the life you dream about.” -T. Arigo
4) “By leaving your comfort zone behind and taking a leap of faith into something new, you find out who you are truly capable of becoming.” -Anonymous
5) “We have to be honest about what we want and take risks rather than lie to ourselves and make excuses to stay in our comfort zone.” -Ray Bennett
6) “The only thing that is stopping you from where you are to where you want to go is your comfort zone.” -Dhaval Gaudier
7) “Before anything great is really achieved, your comfort zone must be disturbed.” -Ray Lewis
8) “True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends.” -Adam Braun
9) “A ship is always safe at the shore-but that is not what it is built for.” -Albert Einstein
10) “Resistance to change is very much governed by your comfort zone. Just because something is comfortable does not for a moment mean it’s what you want, or even good for you for that matter.” -Robin H-C
11) “Coming out of your comfort zone is tough in the beginning, chaotic in the middle, and awesome in the end…because in the end, it shows you a whole new world.” -Manoj Arora
12) “Outside of the comfort zone is where the magic happens.”
13) "The sooner you step away from your comfort zone you'll realize that it really wasn't all that comfortable.” — Eddie Harris, Jr.
14) “Great things never came from comfort zones.”
15) “Be willing to step outside your comfort zone once in a while; take the risks in life that seem worth taking."
Information compiled by:
Dr. Bhairavsinh Raol
