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I am 31 years old I have had my share of overcoming fear. When I was younger I played guitar in a band. Ya I am a pretty good guitar player. Maybe if I didn’t have bad stage fright I might have actually made something of it. The point is, not confronting my fear prevented me from persuing music.
Fast forward a bit: I have been training in Martial arts for 15 years. It took me awhile before I got the cofidence to teach. I kept training day in and day out and figured one day I would get the nerve to teach. Well that never happened eventually I was afraid of failing then I was afraid of getting beating up. Finally I said the heck with it and I just jumped into it. What I discovered is I am good at martial arts and I can teach. That was 5 years ago. Looking back on my life I wonder how many opportunites I let slip through my fingers because of fear.
Being afraid isn’t something people like to talk about. Guess what though, fear prevents success in the form of procrastination. We put off what we don’t want to confront. There is only one way to overcome fear and that is to confront it, then squash it.
If you are looking to start a business online , you first must overcome your fear of failure. Believe me its holding you back. Yes ! you are going to fail maybe 100 times, SO it happens get over it and learn from it then move on. failure and success go hand in hand, you really can’t have one with out the other.
Next time you are confronted with fear take a deep breath and relax, and realize you aren’t alone its human to be afraid. Take control of your fear and don’t let your fear control you.
Fear can be crippling. The sad part is 99% of it is in our own heads. You are stronger more intelligent then you give yourself credit for. Once you realize this you will overcome your fear.
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You can not be any more right about it. Thanks for posting it there. Of course, the thing is not only to acept how certain you are but act upon…
I had a fear to be around people and it was hard for me to be left by myself to chat with someone, but a friend of mine helped me a lot in this aspect and now is not hard to be around people and even enjoy the moment.
Hi there, I found your blog via Google while searching for first aid for a heart attack and your post looks very interesting for me.
Exactly right! There has always been so many reasons why we should get over that fear and start thinking positive things. Let us eliminate the things that will just drag us down. Speaking of that, I came across a video that talks about major issues that holds us back to in succeeding, it was a great video and I just love to share it. It’s in this site: http://marieforleo.com/2011/05/people-holding/