Positive failure: why you should push your comfort zone

We all have a comfort zone and we’re told, at least occasionally, we need to break out of it if we are to achieve our potential. 

Whether that's mountain climbing, moving to a new country or walking over hot fiery coals - or, for that matter, stand-up comedy, performance art or skydiving -  getting out of the safety of everyday life and using elevated stress levels to attain success is a formula that those who do it for a living swear by.

A comfort zone is succinctly defined by American writer Judith M. Bardwick in her book Danger in the Comfort Zone as “a behavioural state where a person operates in an anxiety-neutral position”, and academic Andrew Jarden says breaking out of that state can be a good thing. 

Jarden, head of research at the Wellbeing and Resilience Centre at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute; and former senior lecturer in psychology at the Auckland University of Technology, says: "There is a link between failure and wellbeing known as ‘positive failure’ - essentially, [considering] the good things that can come from failure. Does it give you strength or build character? It can give you purpose, it’s about personal growth and development.  

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