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I think sometimes parents and teachers fail to stretch kids. my mother had a very good sense of how to stretch me just slightly outside my comfort zone.

-Temple Grandin

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I Think Sometimes Parents And Teachers Fail

Temple Grandin

I think sometimes parents and teachers fail to stretch kids. my mother had a very good sense of how to stretch me just slightly outside my comfort zone.

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More From Temple Grandin

Leaders should get out of their comfort zone but stay in their strength zone. when their work lies within their natural gifting and strengths, leaders experience the greatest return in productivity and contentment. life is too short to live in the comfort zone, where growing and accomplishing and achieving your potential takes a back seat. i suggest you refocus if the comfort zone is your leadership priority.

Here's an equation i want you to remember for the rest of your life: cz = wz. it means your "comfort zone" equals your "wealth zone." by expanding your comfort zone, you will expand the size of your income and wealth zone.

Adventure should be 80 percent 'i think this is manageable,' but it's good to have that last 20 percent where you're right outside your comfort zone. still safe, but outside your comfort zone.

When i'm pushed outside of my comfort zone, i feel vulnerable. that's also one of the reasons i like being pushed out of my comfort zone, because it makes you grow as a person.

Kids know they can't make it alone, yet at the same time, built into each one of us, is a survival ethic. it says, "nobody cares and you have to look out for yourself and if you don't, you'll die." these two things work against each other. i think most kids are very frightened of their parents, and that's what all fairy tales reflect: parents will fail you and you'll be left on your own. but, of course, everything comes out right in the end and the parents take you back.

Our culture has a tendency to pigeonhole people and to try to tear down anybody who's breaking out of our comfort zone. that's why we get into these cultural ruts that end up being destructive prejudices. but breaking out of that comfort zone is the most rewarding thing you can do, in your life. i do my best to push myself, when i can.

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