How to Fight Fear with Focus (Thread)
Do you dread that you won’t accomplish enough?
The higher your expectations for yourself, the more fear of under-achievement you have.
To believe you are capable of nearly anything is both powerful and dangerous.
Do you dread that you won’t accomplish enough?
The higher your expectations for yourself, the more fear of under-achievement you have.
To believe you are capable of nearly anything is both powerful and dangerous.
2/ If we were more careful with our psychology, we would tell ourselves we are capable of any ONE thing.
We fear failing to actualize, when our bar for actualization is set at “impossible.”
(Be fit, rich, relaxed, happy, informed, impressive, a good husband/father/son/friend.)
We fear failing to actualize, when our bar for actualization is set at “impossible.”
(Be fit, rich, relaxed, happy, informed, impressive, a good husband/father/son/friend.)
3/ How do we fight this fear?
This fear is a great motivator and formative piece of ourselves. This fear needs to be leveraged, not destroyed.
This fear is a great motivator and formative piece of ourselves. This fear needs to be leveraged, not destroyed.
4/ Channel the fear by **picking a specific focus.** Make sure as many decisions as possible to work toward progress on your focus(es). (At least for defined periods of time.)
You can be many things over a long life. You can’t be everything at once.
You can be many things over a long life. You can’t be everything at once.
5/ What feels like productive multitasking at the time will, in the context of time, come to look like a muddled, undefined mess.
A point in every direction is the same as no point at all.
A point in every direction is the same as no point at all.
6/ Pick a few (< 3) goals (or systems, if you prefer.) Work on them.
Purposefully delay any other projects. Have a “not yet” list.
You have limited time. Paradoxically, by trying to do too much with your time, you are wasting it.
Purposefully delay any other projects. Have a “not yet” list.
You have limited time. Paradoxically, by trying to do too much with your time, you are wasting it.
7/ We waste our energy by diffusing it in all directions — by working on too many things.
Energy diffused is harmless. Energy focused intensely on a single point for a long time is irresistible.
Energy diffused is harmless. Energy focused intensely on a single point for a long time is irresistible.
