Are you comfortable in the uncomfortable?
- ILIANA REYES
- Dec 2, 2023
- 2 min read
It's natural to feel uneasy when stepping out of our comfort zone and facing new challenges. However, it's crucial for personal and professional growth. By breaking our usual routines and habits, we can push ourselves beyond our limits and attain new heights. Putting ourselves in uncomfortable situations can boost our confidence and help us overcome resistance to change. Overcoming this resistance is essential to achieving our goals, growing, and getting better every day.
As teachers, we need to embrace a co-learning stance and step out of our comfort zone. This means we become co-learners with our students, working together as collaborators in our quest for better instruction and improved student learning outcomes. By adopting a co-learning stance, we can create a positive attitude towards learning together, where we share a single approach and work towards a shared understanding.
It's important to learn to face your mistakes and feel comfortable in discomfort. Sometimes we all mess up, but that's how we learn. Whether you're a student or a teacher, we need to understand that making mistakes is part of the process. And hey, we're all on the same team here, right?
Developing a growth mindset plays an important aspect of life, including teaching. A key aspect of a growth mindset is being open to making mistakes. It may not be easy, but it is essential to grow as people, as team members, and as a guide for our students. Additionally, teaching students to accept mistakes is important as it allows them to learn from our experiences. This collaborative effort requires mutual support between teacher and student, and the success of each party depends on the other. If one fails, the others will also be affected. Therefore, it is essential to work together and foster an environment where making mistakes is accepted and used as an opportunity for growth.
I encourage you to take risks, weigh the potential benefits and drawbacks, and step out of your comfort zone. By implementing new ideas and ventures, we can reap greater rewards than by remaining stagnant and watching the world progress without us. Let's seize the day and not wait until it's too late.
The Comfort Zone, Stretch Zone, and Panic Zone, Goggle, 2023.
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