Republished with AI translation from www.vadiparmainas.lv
Summer is a time of change, a time to adjust the speed and intensity of work, and perhaps find a day with a bit more breathing room. A day where you can fully immerse yourself in your comfort zone. Or, on the contrary, realize that such a free day, when the big tasks are done and all colleagues and partners are offline, causes stress because it is outside your daily comfort zone.
In change management, the term "comfort zone" is frequently used. One of the great thinkers in change management, Bridges, even says that change begins when the comfort zone ends. People who experience changes in their work or personal lives say it feels like change never ends. If you combine these two ideas, it seems that a person never returns to their comfort zone. Of course, this is incorrect. First, statements like "never," "nothing," "always," "all the time," "everything" in the context of change management only indicate an intense emotional reaction to what is happening, not an objective reality. Second, people often don’t notice that something that was new and unfamiliar yesterday, something that required adjustment or learning, is already within their comfort zone today.
So, what is a comfort zone? I asked this question to my followers on social media. I received seven answers, and only one of them was posted publicly. This suggests that the comfort zone is something very personal, something that doesn’t need to be shared with the whole world.
The answers could be divided into two groups:
Comfort zone in leisure time, and
Comfort zone at work.
The comfort zone in leisure time is associated with rest—peace, relaxation, organizing the environment, observing, and talking with loved ones. The comfort zone at work is related to tasks that a person enjoys doing, tasks that they know will yield results that bring satisfaction. The comfort zone is a place where one finds fulfillment, affirmation that they are enough, that they are capable. The comfort zone in the context of change is important because it restores a person’s confidence in their abilities.
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