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Build a Comfort Zone for the Boss

The term comfort zone is used more often than not to describe a behavioral range within which a person operates. Sometimes it’s used to define a place a person is either in or out of.

You might be described as being out of your comfort zone, for example, when you are going to the dentist for a root canal, sitting in the front seat of a roller coaster scared out of your wits, or skydiving from an airplane for the first time. Typically a heightened sense of anxiety is involved.

Being in a comfort zone is an anxiety-neutral condition in which there is no risk and your behavioral state allows you to deliver a steady ...

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