Great Quote – Comfort Zone and Complacency

This wonderful quote comes straight from Guerrilla Consulting Blog – where Mike McLaughlin refers to this quote by Harry Beckwith –

“…comfort nudges us dangerously close to complacency, and nothing good comes from that. It kills businesses, dulls lives, and encourages nothing better than ordinary. Our greatest blessings come from people who refused to be complacent, whether it was Beethoven or the Beatles.”

Too much of comfort is not a good sign – and managers/leaders needs to constantly introspect, ask difficult questions to self and be on the edge. I have seen many people in my career span who are averse to trying something new – because it requires them to move out of their comfort zone.

I was reading an article (not sure where!) on Intrapreneurship and I loved the term coined by author – “From Comfort Zone to Courage Zone”. Journey from comfort to courage may turn out to be adventurous and even uncomfortable initially – but it is worth giving a try! Because that is where all the growth lies.

Update 07/26: Great and timely quotes on Confidence Building in today’s Times Of India daily in Sacred Space. Here they go –

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. – Marcus Garvey