[imraj]

When I left my day job, I expected to be in a uncomfortable zone and I am luckily still in an uncomfortable zone :)

Only thing I would like to add is that uncomfortable zone is not for everyone, I think you need to be a certain personality type to actually enjoy the uncomfortable zone.

[stanleydrew]

This is perhaps true. But how would you ever know? Maybe there are people coasting along thinking "I'm not the type of person who enjoys being uncomfortable and I don't need to be" when in reality they're just boring or not changing much.

[imraj]

More than boring and not changing, my comment was more towards the people and their aversion to risk and the level of self - belief in them. There are days in enterpreneurs lives that are just as boring and not changing as any corporate jobs out there.

But the idea that they are working towards something bigger and the fact that they are doing it for themselves is what brings excitement to the table.

[jodrellblank]

What's so inherently wrong with being boring or not changing much?

[imraj]

Not that I know much about psychology, but like Buddha said Change is the only constant in life. Even as children, exploration is at the root of all our instincts. Tell a child not to touch something or go near it, and he/she definitely will. As we get older, generally most people lose this exploration aspect of their daily lives in the face of jobs and careers. But the joy of exploration is always there and it always comes out when you learn something new or visit a new place, etc.

[stanleydrew]

I don't have a good answer for that except that it just seems sad.