MUSINGS and other writing by Mark Kolke

. . . . . . there is no edge to openness

TODAY'S MUSINGS

FEEDBACK / COMMENTS

MARK SPEAKS

MARK'S SPEAKING TIPS

ARCHIVED COLUMNS

ARCHIVE WINTER 2020-21

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2020

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2020

ARCHIVE SPRING 2020

ARCHIVE WINTER 2019-20

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2019

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2019

ARCHIVE SPRING 2019

ARCHIVE WINTER 2018-19

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2018

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2018

ARCHIVE SPRING 2018

ARCHIVE WINTER 2017-18

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2017

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2017

ARCHIVE SPRING 2017

ARCHIVE WINTER 2016/17

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2016

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2016

ARCHIVE SPRING 2016

ARCHIVE WINTER 2015/16

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2015

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2015

ARCHIVE SPRING 2015

ARCHIVE WINTER 2014/15

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2014

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2014

ARCHIVE SPRING 2014

ARCHIVE WINTER 2013/14

CONTACT

MY REAL ESTATE LIFE

WHY I WRITE MUSINGS

SHORT STORY PROJECT

POETRY PROJECT

SELECTED OTHER WORK

DISRUPTION v. COMFORT

Friday July 13, 2018

Called comfort zone, because it’s comfortable.

Nearly everything we change has this subtext, an aim for greater comforts with minimal disruption to our status quo …

It isn’t so much inexorable challenge of right over wrong, or doing right to correct a wrong, as it is this need/urge/curiosity to challenge how things are, how they’ve always been or some belief that things are as they always ‘must be’.

When we think about growth – in our work, in our relationships, in our sports/hobbies or our artistic pursuits – does any of that come from our comfort zone?

Of anything worthy we’ve done – was it accomplished when we were comfortable?

I think not.

When nudged, pushed and prodded; when we are forced, coerced, bullied; when we are driven by circumstance or presented obstacles – those are the times we grow, learn, stretch and accomplish unexpected unheard-of things.

Comfort zones are comfortable – but I don’t think they are good for us. We don’t do our best when we are cozy. We do our best, think our clearest and make the best decisions when discomfort and strong forces but us on high alert and drive our adrenalin.

Next time you feel not-so productive’, ask, “Am I in my comfort zone?”

Reader feedback:

DESCRIBE IT OR DESIGN IT

Really like this one Mark!, MK, Calgary, AB


SIGN UP TO GET MUSINGS BY e-mail: CLICK HERE

SIGN UP TO GET MUSINGS BY e-mail: CLICK HERE

sign up to get Musings free daily


Comments are always welcome - please contribute to the discussion.  Reply to: kolke@markkolke.com

You can also connect with me on LinkedIn. This site is updated daily, each column is retained in the archive when the next day's column is loaded ...  


Copyright - all rights reserved - Mark Kolke, © 2003-2021