"Comfort
Zone" – What a wonderful zone to be in, while reading this itself I get so much of comfort feeling. But in reality, Is it really a wonderful zone to be in?. “You can grow only
when you come out of Comfort Zone” – We read and hear this statement very
often. We also know how important it is to grow. But even after knowing that
are we ready to come out of our comfort zone?? We want comfort zone in
everything, it starts right from 5-6 AM in the morning. We know that we have to
start our day fresh and active, but when it comes to getting up from the bed L
Snooze button is a like a boon for us. But we also know it is not so.
I was
working in an account which gave me everything – Opportunity, recognition,
growth, role, support, guidance. I worked for a wonderful leader, from whom I
learnt a lot. After 4.5 years, I had to decide whether to continue or to make a
move. Trust me, it was one of the toughest decision which I had taken in my
career. I decided to move out. People ridiculed me for making that decision,
even I was not 100% confident about my own decision.
During
this confused phase of my life, I picked up a lesson from Rohit. We decided to
change his school after he completed his 7th grade. I was worried
about how well he can adapt to the new school. To my surprise, I found that he
never complained about what he is missing in the new school in comparison with
his old school. Rather he started enjoying his new friends, new teachers, new
environment etc. Every day he used to tell me what he liked in his new school.
His focus was in finding what is better in his new school.
This
helped me to make a decision to move out. Though I gained confidence by looking
at Rohit, after being in one account for 4.5 years, moving out was like fish
out of water. I was worried, upset and not clear about how I will manage and
started going into my shell. The new account was so welcoming, they made me
realize that I have not made any wrong choice. Though I had initial struggles
in settling down, people in the new place supported and guided me so very well
that I could gel with them easily.
On 1st
April 2015, my mentor gave me a target to achieve. Today I have crossed the
first milestone to achieve the target. I could do that only because I decided to
come out of my comfort zone. I would like to thank people who gracefully agreed to
release me from the previous account and importantly people who accepted me in
the new account with my limitations.
The lessons
what I learnt from this whole episode are
- Being complacent will not give you any growth. It rather stops your growth
- The real fear is not due to the actual situation, but the imagination what we have about future. That is what stops us from taking a decision
- Coming out of Comfort Zone doesn’t always mean that your next destination will be dark place, you have lot of good people around you. See, I have found many such people J
