I don’t think you can create anything interesting from a comfort zone. You have to work from a place of fear and failure. — Charlize Theron

First let me introduce Charlize Theron, Charlize is a South African and American actress and producer. She is one of the world’s highest-paid actresses, and winner of an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 2016, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. You might know her from her extensive roles in TV series and movies.

I don’t think you can create anything interesting from a comfort zone. You have to work from a place of fear and failure.

Charlize Theron

To start i absolutely do not agree with this quote, i’ll explain the Charlize point of view, but also will explain why i do not agree with her statement.

The statement is saying that staying comfortable and playing it safe doesn’t lead to truly innovative or interesting creations. To achieve something extraordinary, you have to be willing to step into the unknown, face challenges, accept the possibility of making mistakes, and most importantly be afraid of failing. This willingness to work from a place of fear and failure according to Theron, can be a powerful motivator for pushing your boundaries and coming up with something unique and exceptional.

I do appreciate Charlize acting skills, but i think she is mixing things here.

In my opinion, the quote is nice, however not realistic. Pushing the comfort zone is needed for personal growth and personal development. Thus, you should always work hard to push your comfort zone, in order to evolve in life. But, pushing comfort zone, means that you are trying to make something that was hard for you, easy. Take for example public speaking, dancing, etc … You push the comfort zone in one specific direction or skill.

Creating something interesting, comes however from your know how, investors often look for founders that are industry experts, before putting money in the venture. Yes, you should expect challenges, and the possibility of failure, but i don’t think that you should be in this mindset to create interesting things. Furthermore creativity and innovation are not really the result of stress and blind exploration, but rather the result of focus and