Getting What You Desire
Tuesday found me at a LabVIEW training seminar expecting to learn all sorts of geeky ways to improve my programming skills. During the keynote address, one of the sales reps made a remarkable statement that has been haunting me ever since. The moment he spoke these words, the heavens opened up, angels sang out, and I felt the intense need to emblazon his phrase on a T-shirt. He quietly said, “The things we want the most are outside our comfort zone.” Immediately, I realized that all the things I want to have, all that I want to accomplish in my life are in fact outside my zone of comfortable, familiar actions. It’s kind of like eating soup with a fork because you’re not comfortably with using a spoon (maybe from having the spoon poke your eye one too many times while drinking coffee. I don’t know). OK, bad analogy. How about it’s like sitting in an extremely relaxing recliner while wanting an ice cold drink only 12 feet away in the refrigerator but staying in the chair. But this isn’t all about laziness. It’s like staying in a bad relationship or job because that’s more comfortable than stepping out into the unknowns of a better one. If Life is a banquet, these insightful words might explain why most of us seem to be starving to death…
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Tuesday found me at a LabVIEW training seminar expecting to learn all sorts of geeky ways to improve my programming skills. During the keynote address, one of the sales reps made a remarkable statement that has been haunting me ever since. The moment he spoke these words, the heavens opened up, angels sang out, and I felt the intense need to emblazon his phrase on a T-shirt. He quietly said, “The things we want the most are outside our comfort zone.” Immediately, I realized that all the things I want to have, all that I want to accomplish in my life are in fact outside my zone of comfortable, familiar actions. It’s kind of like eating soup with a fork because you’re not comfortably with using a spoon (maybe from having the spoon poke your eye one too many times while drinking coffee. I don’t know). OK, bad analogy. How about it’s like sitting in an extremely relaxing recliner while wanting an ice cold drink only 12 feet away in the refrigerator but staying in the chair. But this isn’t all about laziness. It’s like staying in a bad relationship or job because that’s more comfortable than stepping out into the unknowns of a better one. If Life is a banquet, these insightful words might explain why most of us seem to be starving to death…
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Hi, I am fascinated with the cartoon graphics below. The idea and the message of the picture is so nice. Thanks for sharing it..
Wow! What a great post, thanks for sharing it. I hope that your life is better now. I know after having two failed relationships, finding the right one was a decision to step outside my comfort zone in an effort not to repeat my past. I really believe that has happened.
Now if only I could find that all elusive job!
I’ve heard another phrase that I’d wish to see on my T-shirt:
“In order to get something you’ve never got before, you need to start doing things you’ve never did before”:)
There is nothing really wrong with it, some people are wired to be more risk averse than others. We need diversity to be a successful species.