Thanks, that’s definitely helpful! Some follow-up questions:
There is no optimum balance.
But there is, presumably, at least an optimum region on the spectrum, right? (Otherwise it would not make sense to describe someone as doing “too little” of either exploration or exploitation.)
Whether any of the CoZE exercises would be useful to someone depends on where they already are in relation to what the exercises deal with. I don’t know you; you’ll have to judge that yourself.
Well, that’s actually the trouble: I do know me, and yet I’m still not sure how I’d judge where I am in relation to what the exercises deal with!
Do you have any examples of the kind of “exploration” you have in mind? I’m still not sure I have a good idea of how the concept of “don’t get stuck in a rut in your life” connects to the CoZE stuff, and some examples might help.
P.S.:
CoZE exercises teach exploration. They are directed at people who may be doing too little exploration, especially if that arises from excessive anxiety about what might happen if they step outside of their accustomed routine.
In saying there is no optimum balance I only meant that there isn’t a single optimum for everyone. Each person may very well have an optimum region, although even that can change from time to time and from one area to another of their life. Consider various prominent people (Steve Jobs, Barack Obama) who decided to dress the same way every day to remove a minor decision and concentrate on the things that really matter to them.
I’ve never done any of the CoZE stuff under that brand name, although I have in the past done that sort of thing. I can’t say that my comfort zone was ever expanded, though. The result was more “well, that was interesting, but I have no reason to do it again.” When that’s the only learning from a learning experience, it hardly seems worth it.
Thanks, that’s definitely helpful! Some follow-up questions:
But there is, presumably, at least an optimum region on the spectrum, right? (Otherwise it would not make sense to describe someone as doing “too little” of either exploration or exploitation.)
Well, that’s actually the trouble: I do know me, and yet I’m still not sure how I’d judge where I am in relation to what the exercises deal with!
Do you have any examples of the kind of “exploration” you have in mind? I’m still not sure I have a good idea of how the concept of “don’t get stuck in a rut in your life” connects to the CoZE stuff, and some examples might help.
P.S.:
This bit in particular helps explain things, yes.
In saying there is no optimum balance I only meant that there isn’t a single optimum for everyone. Each person may very well have an optimum region, although even that can change from time to time and from one area to another of their life. Consider various prominent people (Steve Jobs, Barack Obama) who decided to dress the same way every day to remove a minor decision and concentrate on the things that really matter to them.
I’ve never done any of the CoZE stuff under that brand name, although I have in the past done that sort of thing. I can’t say that my comfort zone was ever expanded, though. The result was more “well, that was interesting, but I have no reason to do it again.” When that’s the only learning from a learning experience, it hardly seems worth it.