Matt Furey, President of the Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation, is pretty well-known for some of his contrarian perspectives about personal development, but in the light of his own successful exploits in the wrestling and kung fu world as well as his impeccable track record in internet marketing, it's hard to default him.

He has had made two interesting but intriguing assertions, as follows:

"Forget about getting out of your Comfort Zone. Expand your Comfort Zone. Grow more comfortable doing what you wouldn't dare do before."

"Forcing yourself to get out of your Comfort Zone invariably leads to procrastination. When you realise there are two Comfort Zones and you choose the good one, procrastination is eliminated.";

In the first instance, I must say, they are in stark contrast to conventional wisdom. They actually set me thinking for quite a long while, until recently I come across a piece of insightful writing, which I am reproducing below:

It's from Jalal Kassam from the Build Your Brand Bootcamp Community:

"We all want to grow, we all want to become better people and achieve great things.

However, growth requires discipline and consistency. You can never guarantee that if you are constantly out of your comfort zone. If you want to succeed, never push yourself to stay out of your comfort zone for long.

The key to growth is motivation and perseverance. You need to be motivated to take on new challenges and keep moving in the right direction. Nonetheless, this requires a great deal of energy, feeling comfortable and at ease. Your comfort zone is the place to regroup and get recharged.

In order to guarantee your success, you'd need to stay in your comfort zone most of the time, however, try to push its boundaries out from the inside out. This way, you'll be gradually expanding the territory of your comfort zone and eventually capture many areas that once were scary to you and remained untapped for a long time. When necessary, stepping outside of your comfort zone briefly can be extremely beneficial and would expedite your growth process.

It would be wise to deeply explore your comfort zone, reflect on the things that you’re good at, make you happy and make you feel at ease. Experiment with them, and be creative. This will give you great new insights and new perspectives to approach growth.

Take it easy on yourself, moving ahead one step at a time is the only way to achieve outstanding success. With this attitude and approach, you’re determined to grow and become the best version of yourself.

“Going out of your comfort zone” is not the thing that gets you the big results and helps you achieve your wildest dream. It all boils down to two fundamental things, your burning desire and the clarity of the how. When you’re clear about the steps, actions become effortless. And your burning desire will be the fuel to boost your motivation to keep taking action.

Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come."

In summing up, staying in your comfort zone does not mean staying still or wallowing in a rut of sameness. You can still take action from within your comfort zone.

And those actions, properly planned and executed, don’t make you leave your comfort zone – they expand it.

So, it's not about getting out of your Comfort Zone to reach your goal.

It's about widening your Comfort Zone so far that your goal fits comfortably inside.

I trust readers have now a better and enlightened understanding, just like I have had.