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When You Play Life on “Easy Mode”, You Miss Out on Your Own Growth
In easy mode, you are literally putting your best life on hold
Comfort kills potential more than skill.
If you choose to play life on easy mode most of the time, you are probably not growing or evolving into a better version of yourself.
If you can’t rise above your comfort zone, you will miss out on so many experiences life has to offer.
The phrase ‘comfort zone’ was coined by Judith Bardwick.
She explains in her book, Danger in the Comfort Zone:
“The comfort zone is a behavioral state within which a person operates in an anxiety-neutral condition, using a limited set of behaviors to deliver a steady level of performance, usually without a sense of risk.”
Your easy zone is often those places where you’re at your best and those places where you feel the most at ease.
And while it can be a great thing to have a place where you can recharge and replenish your mental energy, there are times when it’s good to step out of it and challenge yourself.
Living life on easy mode is a choice many people have made. It’s hard to change, so people stick to what they know, even though the behaviours don’t…
