Where Does Change Start?

The Comfort Zone is the beginning of the change cycle. However the comfort zone is not as comfortable as it actually sounds. You’ve heard the phrase: 

“Familiarity breeds contempt”? 

Well this is the area we are in when we choose to make change. We are in a place we know very well. We are in a passive place. We are on automatic pilot. We are in a familiar routine and most of what we do is habitual.

Whilst some of what you have just read can seem easy and freeing, the flip side is that in this zone we are unchallenged. When we are unchallenged we become bored and indeed boring. Life, work or relationships can feel stale. As a result of experiencing ‘the same old, same old’ our inner frustrations grow…….

And thus we are pushed headlong into making changes. People rarely make a career change until it becomes nearly intolerable to stay where they are. As humans we are programmed to naturally resist change because the unknown is inherently dangerous. We risk doing ‘it’ differently only when we need to…….

This propels us into the next zone…. The Challenge Zone. In this manner the door to the comfort Zone has already closed,  whether you anticipated it, or not…….

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