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About 10 years ago, I started a job as a trainer for a telemarketing agency. In one of my first
classes, the head trainer told a very inspiring story.
He began by drawing a stickman standing in the middle of a circle. To make it more interesting,
he drew things like a house, a car, and a few friends inside the circle.
He asked the question, "Can anyone tell me what this is?" In a long silence, one guy decided to
throw out "the world?" The trainer said, "That's close and this is your Comfort Zone. Inside your
circle you have all the things that are important to you. "
"Your home, your family, your friends, and your job. People feel that inside this circle they are
safe from any danger or conflict. "
"Can anyone tell me what happens when you step out of this circle?" A strong silence came over
the room. The same eager guy abruptly announced, "You are afraid. "
Another guy said, "You make mistakes. " The silence continued and the trainer smiled and said,
"When you make mistakes, what can the result be?"
The first guy shouted, "You learn something. "
"Exactly, you are learning. " The trainer turned to the board and drew an arrow pointing from the
stickman directly to the outside of the circle. He continued to say, "When you leave your Comfort
Zone you put yourself out there, in front of the world to be in situations that you are not comfortable
with. "
"The end result is that you have learned something that you did not know and you expand your
knowledge to become a better person. " He turned again to the board and drew a bigger circle
around the original circle, and added a few new things like more friends, a bigger house, etc.
"The moral of the story is that if you stay inside your Comfort Zone, you will never be able to
expand your horizons and learn. When you step out of your Comfort Zone you will eventually make
your circle bigger and your mind grow stronger, and all in all a better person. "
1. According to the passage, the Comfort Zone is ______.
A. a place where we can enjoy a lot of amusement
B. a person who can offer us some comfort and protect us
C. a state in which we feel all safe and right with the world
D. a circle which we don't dare to get out of
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. If we move beyond the Comfort Zone, our anxiety level will go up.
B. When we step out of the Comfort Zone, we must feel excited.
C. We don't need to leave our Comfort Zone if we really want to grow.
D. We are all still in our Comfort Zone when making new friends.
3. Why does the author tell us the story?
A. To build up our interpersonal skills.
B. To make us work better as a team.
C. To provide us some working activities.
D. To motivate us to step out for a better world.
