We all have those voices that can creep in...
Voices like:
“What if I can’t do this?” to larger fears like
“What if I don’t accomplish my big goal this year and really let myself and my family down?”
There are two things to know about fear that will help you leave it behind and get on with your life (and hit your goals).
The first thing about fear is, unless you are facing a bear in Alaska and your brain is telling you to run, it’s not actually going to help you get where you want to go.
In the case of business, fear will be more likely to make you fail, than succeed.
You need confidence to grow a business, get clients, have a big impact.
And, in the case of accomplishing big goals you’ve set for yourself, fear will just make you less likely to focus on, and make progress on, your goal - than if you have full confidence that you can do it.
But the fear is real. It exists. No doubt about that.
And it pops up at the most inconvenient of times ;-)
So, what can you do about it?
Something very simple, and it only takes 5 seconds.
This is what the MOST successful people have figured out.
They find a way through it...
And that's where the second thing to know about fear comes in.
Here it is:
You cannot be afraid, and feel gratitude, all at the same time.
These two emotions are so diametrically opposed, that if you try to hold one of them in your mind, the other disappears.
So...