After all, I did win $200 a half hour ago, even though I lost it with another stupid bet. I know I said I'd leave if I lost the hundred, but I just KNOW I can pull ahead. If, however, he stays until he's lost the hundred bucks, the situation might unfold as follows: "Oh, brother, I've lost another hundred. The inner conversation he has prior to his departure is likely short and sweet: "That's it, I'll never gamble again!" After losing 50 of his 100 bucks, he might have an epiphany and immediately storm out of the casino. The scenario could unfold in any number of ways once he re-enters the casino. It may not have been the right decision, but it at least frees him up to do what he's decided to do-maybe.
This swirl of emotions created dissonance, and to quell it, he made a decision. Yeah, that's the plan, and I'm stickin' to it!"īefore having this little talk with himself, our gambler experienced a swirl of emotions in his head: regret, sadness, anger, frustration and shame, to mention just a few. I know, I'll get a little more money from the cash machine-just a hundred bucks and no more, and if I haven't gotten back the five hundred in the next hour, I'll definitely walk out then. On the other hand, I feel so bad having lost that money, I've just got to get it back somehow. "I swore to myself earlier to walk out if I lost the 500. The gambler in my illustration, who now is really stinging from having lost his mad money, probably has a little talk with himself, which might go as follows: Since most folks find it difficult to hold two conflicting ideas in their minds at the same time without feeling this dissonance, they kind of weigh the alternatives, make a decision, and then convince themselves through the process of rationalization that they've make a good decision, one that restores their equilibrium and gets them back into their comfort zone. Why? Because you are in the classic "on the one hand, but on the other hand" situation! You have just entered the realm of cognitive dissonance. What do you do? Walk out? Perhaps, but perhaps not.
A couple hours later, you've lost it all. Before stepping into a casino, you swear to yourself that once the five-hundred is gone (of course, that will never happen, right?), you will quit and walk out of the casino.
You arrive in Las Vegas with $500 in mad money in your pocket. The following illustration is probably better than a thousand-word definition. In other words, you've lost your equilibrium or homeostasis you're out of your comfort zone. When you experience cognitive dissonance, you are ill-at-ease and anxious.
#Out of your comfort zone free
When you are in your comfort zone, you are at ease and free of anxiety. I've enjoyed reading about Ray Comfort's meeting with Kirk Cameron and all his other adventures.Leon Festinger's concept of cognitive dissonance might help you. I did not even know until I was half way through the books that he had some pictures from MacArthur Park and it was so sad reading the tragedy of people's sin with drugs, violence, etc. The majority of the first half of the book seem to focus on his ministry at MacArthur park back in the wild heydays before LAPD cleaned it up and open a substation there. Eventually he would make his way to Southern California with a greater ministry. From drug rehab ministry to being the assistant to a pastor, the Lord eventually moved him to the direction of open air preaching. His stories of his early days of serving God was enjoyable for me to read, as it reminds that just because someone begin originally serving the LORD in one ministry capacity does not necessarily always mean that person's ministry will still be the same in the future. He tells about his childhood love for surfing, being "successful" at an early age and finally find Jesus in his native country of New Zealand. For those of you who know the evangelist Ray Comfort, this autobiography is quite encouraging and will stir the readers to be more zealous to evangelize with the model that Ray Comfort is. I started this late at night till three in the morning and then the next morning woke up to finish it.
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