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If you really want to
do something
you will always find a way.
But if you don't want to do it,
you will find execuses.
The easiest way to combat fear is by not
using excuses.
Instead, you need to look for positive approaches to
accomplish your goal. If you want to start a business,
attend a meeting at the Better Business Bureau. Read some
national magazines like "Income Opportunities" or "Spare
Time." Start reading the business section of your
newspaper. Gather some ideas and do a little reading before
actually jumping into a business. Surely you can find some
spare time to read.
Also, begin associating yourself with people
who are in
their own business already. If you're afraid to go out and
make new friends, attend local business-related seminars in
your community. Start watching television shows that are
related to business. You'll eventually find people to
associate with who know others and you'll be the part of a
new crowd - the motivating ones!
FEAR is always your enemy. Look at it this
way: If you
never try, FEAR wins by 100%. However, if you do try, FEAR
only has a chance of winning by 50%. If you needed a place
to live and only had $10 to your name would you allow FEAR
to win and make you homeless? No, most of us would find a
job or borrow the money to have a roof over our heads! FEAR
is the root of failure, depression and lifelong problems.
Are you going to let FEAR ruin your life?
FEAR also will cause you to lose out on
many other things
in life. If you FEAR the boss at work is going to fire you
_ it will naturally be on your mind day in and day out. It
will eventually wear you down and you will begin making
mistakes on the job. You will also get depressed
and build up resentments that may have never been there in
the first place.
Facing FEAR head on is the best way to
combat it. If you
think the boss is going to fire you _ go up and ask him. It
takes guts, but isn't it better than putting yourself
through many months of agonizing torture? Are you full of
so much FEAR to even ask him because you think it will
trigger him to say "yes" when he might not have been
considering it at all? Believe me _ asking a boss "if"
they
are thinking about firing you will put you in no different
position than you are now. In fact _ it will have the
opposite effect. The boss will more than likely respect you
for your candidness and ability to face FEAR head-on.
Is FEAR holding you back from a lot of
things? Are you
afraid to confront people and tell them how you really
feel? Do you smile in their face and talk about them behind
their back? What's so hard about being truthful but using
tact? Doesn't it get rid of FEAR and solve many problems?
Complaining is also an act that emotionally
drains you and
goes hand-in-hand with FEAR. In fact, FEAR is normally the
root of any complaint.
People don't want to admit their FEAR so
they will complain
to release some tension. This is a crazy merry-go-round!
Instead of complaining, try to find ways to solve the
problem.
