Have you ever seen a child walking without falling down?? Have we ever learnt bi-cycle without falling down?? Answer is always negative, isn’t it?? It is clear we can’t learn anything new without slips or failures. Every human is comfortable in working in their comfort zone, an area of working with ease in all their activities. Real challenge comes to them when they want to reach their desired GOAL. Travel from comfort zone to growth zone, a four stage travel has challenges in every zone that need to be tackled with desired attributes. Easiest of the stage is the comfort zone that gives us comfort and enjoyment on all our activities.
Next stage, a crucial one is the “Fear zone”, sort of a firing stage for the rocket take off. Firing power needed to overcome the weight inertia of the whole rocket payload for a take-off. High amount of inertia constitutes of
- Fear of Failure & lack of self confidence
- Others’ opinion
- Fine excuses
The only way to stay in the game is to lay focused on the task and never fall trap to the above mentioned constituents, as they are the notorious down pullers. Avoid listening to your – mind, thoughts are more likely influenced by the down pullers – and learn to listen to your heart instead. Many achievers have listened to their heart, rather than their mind. Fear zone is the toughest hurdle to tide over than any other stage to reach to your “Growth Zone”. The pictorial representation to work through your comfort zone till growth zone is shown above. Further you will be in the unlearning mode, really tough one, at this stage. Invest and focus your complete energy in this stage. We heard many success stories worldwide, on achievers. Unless you break the fear zone it is pretty tough to other stages of success. Devise your own methods to crack the stage,
- focusing on energy,
- listen to your mind,
- accepting failures and slips,
- devise plan B,C,D etc., to cheat your mind.
I’m sure your success is guaranteed by these methods. Once you cross the fear zone, then you are into leaner’s mode to work your ways through,
- Acquire new skills
- Extending comfort zone
- Dealing challenges and problems
Once you trigger your achiever’s mind, on crossing over fear zone, these stages become a process to complete and enter the final phase.
Once you are into the “Growth Zone” sky is the limit for you set GOALS and achieve the same.
Kumaraguruparan Krishna 