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Human beings possess tremendous
potential energy and resourcefulness.
An abundance of unique and varied gifts like intelligence, ideas, creative
imagination, natural gifts and abilities lie deep inside us.
We only need to unleash them to achieve the
greatness we so rightfully deserve. We are capable of
being rich, powerful, popular and famous. We are capable of discovering new ways of doing
things, new methods of teaching and new methods of marketing. We possess deep within us
the strength to rise whenever we fall and fight our
way to success and victory. We are meant for
progress, prosperity and happiness. We are engineered
for success. The capacity and caliber to succeed
is inherent in all of us without any exception.
Every person in his own unique way and is born to be successful. Born to make better
choices and attract bigger and better opportunities. We
are all very talented and wonderful with great
energy and passion to dream, attempt and
experiment. We all have far more potential for
high achievement and success than we can now possibly imagine. Ralph Waldo Emerson,
the famous American Essayist and Poet once said, "What lies behind us and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
But despite being the owners and possessors of the immense treasure that lies within us, why
so many of us get stuck in a rut? Why so many of
us settle for less and keep doing the same things
in the same way over and over again? The answer is that we get trapped in a safety Web that we
weave around ourselves. The Web provides us with a kind of security and safety and we become
very comfortable in this safety Web. But it is the
number one enemy that prevents us from realizing our
full potential and venturing into the unknown and
the unfamiliar. The safety Web is generally known
as the `Comfort Zone'.
Comfort zone is an environment or a situation with
which one feels comfortable and secure. It is a protective cocoon. It is the routine, familiar
and the most riskless route. It is the most
protected territory that gives a warm feeling with a degree
of security and contentment. By remaining in this comfort trap you reassure yourself that you
are safe. You have no threat or fear to face. You
simply do not feel the need to learn, explore and
expand. You look at change not as an opportunity to
learn and grow, but as a threat to your comfort
and security. So you close your windows toward the unknown and unfamiliar. Taking up
challenges and doing something new falls outside the limit
of your comfort zone. You continue to remain where you are and perform the same old things in
the same way. You forget to realize the power that
you posses to become what you want to. Finally you settle down for something less than that of
which you are really capable and talented. Helen
Hayes, American actress, said, "Every human being
on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he
has to grow up. But a lot of people don't have the courage to do it." We cling tightly to
our preconceived beliefsour lifelong security blanket. |
