May 20, 2015

What is the comfort zone anyway?

They say stepping outside of your comfort zone is good for you. It’s a place where you can discover things about yourself that you never knew. The further you step out of it, the more reward there is on the other side. We talked to Dean Karnazes about that in his MTNmeister interview.

But it’s called the comfort zone for a reason. Because places outside of it are uncomfortable, or at least they are in that moment. You know what else is uncomfortable? Doing things that you don’t enjoy doing. So what’s the difference? What’s the difference between something outside of your comfort zone and something you just plain don’t like?

What is the comfort zone anyway?

Dean Karnazes stepping outside of his comfort zone at the Badwater 135 in Death Valley, CA. We spoke with Dean in episode #71

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