Psychological Safety is not the same as being comfortable
There’s a difference between being safe and being comfortable, whether physical or psychological.
When you’re training to run a marathon, there’s no doubt there will be some discomfort while training. There will be a certain point where, if you overtrain, it becomes unsafe, but it’s further along than the point at which you become uncomfortable.
When you’re learning something new, there may be discomfort due to fear of the unknown, fear of failure, or fear of how you may be perceived. But we don’t learn if we don’t go past our comfort zone.
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