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About
10 years ago, I started a job as a trainer. In one of my first classes, the
head trainer told us a story.
He
began by drawing a man standing in the middle of a circle. To make it more
interesting, he drew things like a house, a car, and a few friends inside the
circle.
He
asked the question," Can anyone tell me what this is？"In a long silence, one guy decided to speak out," The
world?" The trainer said, "That's close. Actually, this is your
Comfort Area. Inside your circle, you feel very comfortable. You have all the
things that are important to your home, your family, your friends and your job.
People feel that inside this circle they are safe from any danger."
" Can
anyone tell me what happens when you step out of this circle？"A strong silence came over the room. At last, the same guy
started," You are afraid." Another guy said," You make mistakes."
The silence continued and the trainer smiled and said," When you make
mistakes, what can the result be?" The first guy shouted," You learn
something."
"Quite
right, you are learning." The trainer turned to the board and drew an
arrow（箭头）pointing from the man to the outside of the circle. He continued to say," When you leave your
Comfort Area you put yourself out there, in front of the world to be in
situations that you are not comfortable with. The end result is that you have
learned something that you did not know and you slowly become a better person."
He turned again to the board and drew a bigger circle around the first one, and
added a few new things like more friends, a bigger house, etc.
The
moral of the story is that if you stay inside your Comfort Area, you will never
be able to expand your horizons（开阔视野）and learn. When
you step out of your Comfort Area you will finally make your circle bigger and
your mind grow stronger, and all in all a better person."
