Allison MaslanCEO & Business Scaling Expert | WSJ Bestselling Author

Your comfort zone is costing you more than you think

26 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this motivational monologue, Allison Maslan emphasizes that staying in one's comfort zone is a costly, familiar struggle that hinders personal growth and happiness. She explains that people often convince themselves that bold, new actions will be painful, leading them to avoid change. Maslan argues that true progress and significant leaps toward one's dreams require embracing discomfort and committing fully to one's aspirations, even when the mind labels such actions as bad ideas. By adopting this mindset, individuals can boost their happiness and achieve their goals.

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This right here is probably one of the most important things you need to know. What I'm gonna share with you now is going to take your happiness factor up 10 points. Comfort is one of the most expensive places to live. It doesn't mean you need to be in pain, but in our minds, we tell ourselves a story that doing something new, making changes that feel bold, that that will feel painful. And so we would rather stay in our comfort zone, which really is our struggle zone because it's familiar. But you're never going to get the big leaps unless you go all in on your dreams. If you want to accomplish whatever it is that you have been thinking about, you're going to have to do things that your mind is going to tell you that that is a bad idea.