Fear
“What are you putting off because of fear?”
“Do something that scares you at least once a day.”
These are both quotes I’ve come across in the last couple of weeks. And the quotes have been haunting me.
I use to think I was pretty fearless. At least I don’t have any irrational fears. Or do I?
As I’ve been making trying to make changes to my life and business, I’m finding that I have a lot of fears. I’m afraid of hiring people to do things for me that I can do myself. I’m afraid of asking for things that might mean I feel personally rejected if my request is rejected. I’m afraid of Doctors. I’m afraid of needles.
I am afraid of other things, I’m sure. But, these are the things I can see right now.
So, these questions haunt me.
Of the things I’m putting off, would I do any of them if there where some irresistible reward available as a result of doing them?
Is the problem that I don’t really believe that the thing I am putting off is really best?
Or
Is it possible that the thing I am afraid of is something I would still be afraid of regardless of the reward that lay on the other side?
I’m inclined to believe the second is more likely the case. I heard recently that people will work harder to not loose $10.00 than they will to gain $10.00. Since most of my fears center around loosing something, I think the solution may rest more in ignoring the stick than it does in focusing on the carrot.
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