Are you ready to overcome fear and change your life?
If there is one thing that holds people back from achieving success in life, it's fear. Everyone experiences fear from time to time. It's a normal emotion. The trick is to not let it prevent you from taking action.
The good news is that most of your fears are irrational in nature, which means that you can overcome them by mastering your mindset.
When you learn how to leverage your fear, you become empowered rather than imprisoned by it.
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Fear can be paralyzing.
At some point in our lives, we've all experienced fear. That horrible feeling when your palms are sweating, your heart is racing, your stomach is in knots, and your anxiety is through the roof. A small amount of fear can be beneficial. However, when it starts to take over your life and dictate every decision that you make, you know you've got a problem.
I believe that fear is merely the anticipation of pain. It is your brain's way of trying to protect you from danger. According to researcher Stephen Porges, we feel an urge to run every time the amygdala senses something unfamiliar and releases stress hormones.
Fear wants you to believe that you will be stronger and more protected if you hold onto it for dear life. Because you feel fear, you assume that it's real, even if there is no evidence to support it. Frustrating concept to wrap your head around, right? Your mind loves playing tricks on you, which is why you need to be its master rather than its slave.
In reality, all that fear does is prevent you from stepping into your power and creating the life of your dreams. If you allow yourself to be crippled by fear, you will only end up feeling unfulfilled and stuck.
In his book, The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level, Gay Hendricks suggests that the best way to eliminate your barriers to success is by overcoming false fears and beliefs. He says that “The best attitude to take toward back talk is to reach out and embrace it with love, compassion, and understanding. Just give a loving nod and a hug to any back talk you get and move on to the joyful creation of your fulfilled life.”
When fear looms its ugly head, your instinct may be to cling to the familiar and run from the unknown.
However, trying to ignore your fear will only make it worse. The only way to overcome fear is to face it, head on. I think that you should be more afraid of what your life will be like if you don't step into your fear. Associate not taking action with massive amounts of pain.
Similarly, ask yourself how your life will be enriched if you do take action. In the words of W. Clement Stone, “Thinking will not overcome fear, but action will.” Everything that you want in life is outside of your realm of comfort. You've got to be willing to do things that you are afraid of. If something doesn't feel uncomfortable, that means that you aren't growing.
The longer that you wait to act, the more you fall into the trap of analysis paralysis, the worse that your fear gets. Instead of hiding from your fear, actively look for opportunities that scare you. You need to feel the fear and do it anyways. This is the only way to move forward in life.
Today is the day that you decide to overcome fear.
Don't allow your fear to grow and take over your life. Rather, take action while your fear is still small. In the words of Dale Carnegie, “If you want to conquer fear, don't sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”
On the other side of fear is the person that you've always desired to be. Make a list of your top fears in life and commit to overcoming them. What would you do if you weren't afraid? Now is the time to show your fear who is boss.
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