1Step-1Comfort zone
The hero’s journey always begins with the call. One way or another, a guide must come to say, ‘Look, you’re in Sleepy Land. Wake. Come on a trip. There is a whole aspect of your consciousness, your being, that’s not been touched. So, you’re at home here? Well, there’s not enough of you there.’ And so, it starts.
(Joseph Campbell)
One of the reasons that change is viewed negatively by so many people is because it creates an inevitable departure from our comfort zone. Like leaving a warm bed on a bitterly cold winter’s morning, few people enjoy the shock and dislocation. Our departure from comfort can create a sense of dis-ease and a desire to stay exactly where we are. But if we don’t depart, ...
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