Breaking the comfort zone!

Breaking the comfort zone!

There was once a king who received an awesome gift – “two adorable baby eagles!” He was overwhelmed with joy looking at these small adorable creatures, knowing that one day they will soar high in the sky! & he decided to hire an experienced caretaker to take care of them.

As time flew by, the little eagles grew into strong teenagers, all ready to spread their wings and fly. So, the king went to visit them and wanted to see them do their thing up in the sky. He told the caretaker, "Hey, make them fly high!"

One of the eagles zoomed up into the clouds, touching new heights. But the other eagle was a bit hesitant. It flew for a bit and then returned to the branch where he used to spend a lot of time.

Everyone including the king was wondering why these two were so different. He asked the caretaker, "What's wrong with the second eagle?

The caretaker could not provide an answer, he simply said, “This is how it has been since the start, one aims straight for the sky, and the other one, flies for a while and comes back to its branch and is happy sitting there and watching the other one fly. It seems he loved its cozy branch too much to leave it.”

The King wanted both the eagles to fly high at any cost so he made an announcement, “Whoever makes this eagle fly high will get a royal prize!"

Lots of smart folks came and tried their best, but no one could crack the code. With days passing, even the king was feeling dejected and low but then a simple farmer stepped ahead and said, I can make the other eagle fly high!

He invited the King to see the outcome the next day and as the farmer promised, the next day when the king visited the barn, he saw both the eagles flying high!

The king was overjoyed & asked the farmer, how made this possible where most genius people failed.

The farmer said, "Hey, King, I cut the branch the eagle liked to sit on. Once the branch was gone, the eagle had no choice but to spread its wings and fly!"

Everyone was amazed, and the farmer got the royal prize he deserved. But more importantly, the king and his kingdom learned a fantastic lesson from those two eagles & many organizations can learn too.

Organizations hire eagles who are born to fly high but during their tenure in the organization, some of them grab a branch that offers them a comfort zone due to various reasons, We can call it, “Its too risky” or “not worth the effort” or “we have been doing business/ work this way only” attitude.

Some of them underestimate themselves and get stuck in their cozy comfort zones despite knowing that they're meant to soar high and achieve great things!

Just like that brave eagle who had to face a little challenge, we got to step out of our comfort zones to reach for the stars. We won't know our true potential until we give it a try!

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