A comfort zone is a psychological state in which things feel familiar to a person and they are at ease and in control of their environment, experiencing low levels of anxiety and stress. In this zone, a steady level of performance is possible.

1. Prof. S.K Tannan
Formerly, Faculty, School of Law, Raffles University,
Neemrana, Rajashan E-mail:
sureshkumartannan@gmail.com,
sktannan@rediffmail.com

2. What is a Comfort Zone?
 A Comfort Zone is a situation where one
feels safe or at ease.
 For example, a study trip is an attempt to
take the students out of their comfort zone.
 A settled method of working that requires
little effort and yields only barely acceptable
results.
 If you stay within your comfort zone, you
will never improve

3. What is a Comfort Zone?
A comfort zone is a psychological
state in which persons feel familiar to
certain objects-living and non-livimg
and they are at ease and in control of
their environment, experiencing low
levels of anxiety and stress.
 In this zone, a steady level of
performance is possible.

4. What is a Comfort Zone?
 Brown describes it as "Where our
uncertainty, scarcity and vulnerability are
minimized — where we believe we’ll have
access to enough love, food, talent, time,
admiration. Where we feel we have some
control.”
 “Bardwick defines the term as "a behavioral
state where a person operates in an anxiety-
neutral position."

5. Stepping out of a Comfort Zone
 “Always go with a choice that scares you the most,
because that’s the one that is going to helps you to
grow” Caroline Myss
 “Life begins at the end of your comfort Zone” the
undercover recruiter .com.
 “A comfort zone is a beautiful place----but nothing
grows there” Mantraband.
 “Your dream might be outside this zone” workisnot
ajob.com

6. Stepping out of a Comfort Zone
 “Do something uncomfortable today by stepping
out of your box. You don’t have to settle for what
you are-you get to create who you want to become”
Howard Walgtein, an Article in Cosmopolitan
U.K
 “When God wants you to grow, he makes you
uncomfortable” jcluforeever.tumbir.com
 “If you are too lazy to plow, don’t expect a harvest”
aprilmaroshick.blogspot.com

7. Stepping out of a Comfort Zone
 “Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life”
Robin Sharma
 “A ship is always safe at shore, but that is not what
it’s built for” Albert Einstein
 “Find comfort in chaos” Old English Company
 “Don’t be afraid to take an unfamiliar path.
Sometimes they are the ones that take you to the
best places” seekingoola.tv

8. Stepping out of A Comfort Zone
 Stepping out of a comfort zone raises
anxiety and generates a stress response.
 This results in an enhanced level of
concentration and focus.
 White (2009) refers to the "optimal
performance zone", in which performance
can be enhanced by some amount of stress.

9. Stepping out of A Comfort Zone
 Yerkes (1907) who reported, "Anxiety
improves performance until a certain
optimum level of arousal has been reached.
 Beyond that point, performance
deteriorates as higher levels of anxiety are
attained."
 Beyond the optimum performance zone, lies
the "danger zone" in which performance
declines rapidly under the influence of
greater anxiety.

10. Stepping out of A Comfort Zone
 However, stress in general can have an
adverse effect on decision making.
 To avoid stress, fewer alternatives are tried
out and more familiar strategies are used,
even if they are not helpful anymore.
 Optimal performance management requires
maximizing time in the optimum
performance zone.

11. Barriers to stepping out of a Comfort
Zone
 Job or Business Security
 Children’s Education
 Spouse’s Job
 Looking after aged parents
 Own House
 Relatives and Friends
 Comfortable nature of job
 Suitable Climatic Conditions

12. Barriers to stepping out of a Comfort
Zone
 Culture and Traditions
 Language
 Avoidance of Risk: personal and business

13. Justification for Stepping out a Comfort
Zone
 Better Career Prospects
 Better Financial Prospects
 Better Children’s Education
 More Exposure to outside World
 Cultural Diversity
 Better Environment
 Up-gradation of Knowledge and Technology

14. Justification for Stepping out a Comfort
Zone
 Increase in life Span
 Better Prospects for the Family-Professional
or Business
 Enhanced Job or Business Potential
 Enhanced Knowledge Potential-Technical
and Non-Technical, Social, Cultural and
Economic.

15. Action Remedies
 My reward in life would reflect my service and
contribution.
 Invest in developing in your own knowledge and
skills.
 Take 15 minutes everyday for yourself alone.
 Set your own standards
 Learn to depend on yourself
 Avoid making excuses or blaming others
 Life is a do-it-yourself project

16. Action Remedies
 Mistakes are learning desires that become
stepping stone to success.
 Be more curious about your world.
 Observe nature; wonder and abundance.
 Break your daily and weekly routines
 Take the blame for your position in life honestly
and openly.
 Share the credit for your success with those who
deserve it.
 These 11 tips helps you gain more personal
responsibility in your business or personal life.

17. A great deal of controls
 Time
 Energy
 Thoughts
 Investigation
 Attitude
 Tongue
 Choices
 Commitments
 Causes

18. A great deal of controls
 Memberships
 Play game card
 Concerns and worries
 Responses to difficult times and people

19. The Price to Success
 Taking responsibility and commitment for giving
up bad habits and invalid assumptions.
 Taking responsibility for setting an example in our
own lives
 Distancing ourselves from a peer group that is not
helping us to succeed and, therefore, tends or
wants to hold us back.
 Leading ourselves and others down a new and
unfamiliar path leading to success.

20. The Price to Success
 Working more to reach a goal and always willing to
delay gratifications along the way.
 Being willing to face criticism and jealousy from
people who would like to keep us stuck in place
with them.
 Fear of the cost of success are among the reasons
prejudice people to resist change.
 Success does have its cost.