The Power of Stepping Forward
One of my pet peeves is listening to someone (usually in sports) described as having no fear! That’s impossible. They may be fearless-like in a particular area, but we all have fear.
In the world of sales, fear is a killer.
- Fear of rejection
- Fear of NO!
- Fear of being found out (Imposter Syndrome)
- Fear of asking personal questions (we can’t help if we don’t know)
- Fear of failure
We may not eliminate fear completely, but we can manage it.
5 Steps to Manage Fear
- Believe you’re worth the fight.
Believe it because you are, and if you don’t think you are, believe your family’s worth it. If you don’t have a family yet, believe your future self is worth it. If we don’t have this settled, we’ll shrink away from fear.
2. Guard your attitude by protecting your inputs.
It’s all inputs and outputs. If we allow garbage in, it’s garbage out. The ultimate question when thinking of whether or not to entertain:
- A thought
- A social media conversation
- A televison show (or a person)
“Is this helpful, or hurtful?”
We need information but we have to guard the gateway.
3. Challenge and confront your thoughts.
No one controls the thoughts that pop into our minds, but who says we have to let them stay? Too many of us allow unproductive thoughts to not only stay rent-free but grow roots in our minds. Throw them out!
It’s no different from removing weeds from the lawn. We dig up the weeds and replace them with the grass we want.
4. Read some books.
Books that support and nourish where you want to go with your life. Don’t be afraid to repeat the good stuff.
I have a couple of Jim Rohn and Earl Nightingale audiobooks that I’ve listened to over 50 times between the two, and I’m STILL taking notes. That’s before I get to an old dusty book packed with material. You simply can’t get enough of the good stuff.
5. Don’t let yourself off the hook!
Be careful. If you give yourself a pass, you’re actually encouraging fear!
The enemy of your success is convenience, comfort, and the need to feel like doing it. Success, on the other hand, depends on your DIS-comfort and your IN-convenience. If it were comfortable and convenient, anyone could do it.
Fear relies on your pursuit of EASY. This is the wrong easy, the one that wants something without having to give up anything to get it. But as John Maxwell says, all good things are uphill.
Success is only for the FEW.
Courage isn’t the absence of fear
but the triumph over it.
~Nelson Mandella
Courage is a choice.
We all have it, but you have to select it and use it.
I’m not fearless, but there’s nothing as liberating as doing what you feared and finding sunshine on the other side. Even if it doesn’t work out with a positive result – I endured what I didn’t think I could.
According to research, 85 – 91% of what we worry about never happens!
Choose courage, friends; step forward!
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