40,000 Years Developing the Comfort Zone and Now You Want Us to Leave?

Don’t get out of your comfort zone, find your true comfort zone.

Robert Gowty
3 min readAug 18, 2022
Photo by Frantisek Duris on Unsplash

We’ve all heard it, the only way to succeed in this brutal, modern world is to get out of our comfort zone. And what exactly is the point of that?

There appears to be a direct line between exiting the comfort zone and burnout. This is blithely overlooked by the proponents of this approach.

I would advocate for the opposite. Find your comfort zone and be clearly aware of what makes you uncomfortable.

No gain without pain?

One type of business I’ve come into contact with a lot recently is physiotherapists. It’s clear that there is one source responsible for a prominent rise in personal injuries.

The gymnasium.

If there is one industry more focused on the getting out of your comfort zone mentality it’s the “health” and fitness industry.

I’ve recently noticed a significant increase in the numbers of half naked men appearing on skyscraper-sized posters at the local shopping centre. Naturally, they all have six packs deeper than the Cataract Gorge.

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Robert Gowty

Idiot Saveloy. Tasmanian. Answering questions you never asked. Aficionado of the number seven.