Comfort zone
The term comfort zone describes an individual area of private or social life that is characterized by comfort and freedom from risk . In everyday language, the comfort zone is often used in a slightly disparaging manner, leaving it has a positive connotation .
Psychiatrist Judith Bardwick describes comfort zone as a person's fear-neutral state of behavior, referring to the Yerkes-Dodson law .
Brené Brown, on the other hand, formulates the following definition:
"Where our uncertainty, scarcity and vulnerability are minimized - where we believe we'll have access to enough love, food, talent, time, admiration. Where we feel we have some control. When we get into times of social, political or financial instability, our comfort zones get smaller. [The more afraid we are] the more impenetrable our comfort zones buffers become. "
"Where our insecurity, scarcity and vulnerability are minimized - where we believe we will have access to enough love, food, talent, time and admiration." Where we feel we have some control. When we are in times of social, political or financial instability, our comfort zones become smaller. [The more fear we are] the more impenetrable our buffers for comfort zones become. "
literature
- Judith M. Bardwick: Danger in the Comfort Zone: From Boardroom to Mailroom - How to Break the Entitlement Habit That's Killing American Business, 1995.
- Alina Tugend: Tiptoeing Out of One's Comfort Zone (and of Course, Back In) , New York Times website, February 11, 2011.
- Spisak, Mona, Della Picca, Moreno: Leadership factor psychology: What moves my employees really and permanently - also out of the comfort zone ?, pp. 55–100, Springer, 2017 ISBN 978-3-662-53155-6
Individual evidence
- ↑ duden.de/rechtschreibung/Komfortzone , Duden website. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ^ A b Alina Tugend: Tiptoeing Out of One's Comfort Zone (and of Course, Back In) , New York Times website, February 11, 2011. Retrieved March 7, 2020.