Breaking the Comfort Zone

Link of Brain Grazer's NPR http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5508283


Brian Grazer, a TV and film producer talked about breaking out of his comfort zone, trying and challenging new fields in NPR.
He emphasizes the point how life is endless and restless challenge. He paraphrased one of the biologist's quote: "if you are not growing, you are dying." saying challenging and staying out of the comfort zone is the best way to know to keep growing.


I think the reason why we heard this NPR in WISE class was to explain the core purpose of the WISE project. WISE project is meant to encourage students to disrupt their comfort zone, making students challenge in a field that they are interested, but haven't yet tried.
I also agree with B. Grazer on the importance of disrupting the comfort zone. Life is all about interacting with new things: new people, new ideas and new environments. If people are afraid of trying interacting with new things, there won't be any improvements and life would be meaningless.


My WISE project also follows his idea of disrupting the comfort zone. I am trying to produce music, which is what I have been interested for a long time, but haven't had a chance to explore. There are obstacles that I face as I explore, but even those processes all build up as a part of my experience, enriching my ability and shaping my identity.