The Danger of Comfort — Lessons Learned from the Cubicle

“Nobody ever died of discomfort, yet living in the name of comfort has killed more ideas, more opportunities, more actions, and more growth than everything else combined. Happiness doesn’t come from living a lukewarm life, always wondering what could have been. Happiness comes as a result of being in our natural state of growth and living up to our fullest potential.”

— T.Harv Eker

Are you on autopilot?

Years ago, back when I was a report processor with a police service, I remember being in my cubicle one day and feeling a profound sense of security…I mean, besides the fact that I was working in a building filled with police officers.

By that point, I’d been doing the job — taking incident reports over the phone from police officers and inputting the data into a computer program — for over a year, so was familiar and comfortable with the process. The occasional call would still come in that threw me for a loop but for the most part, the stress level was definitely manageable.