You make most of your decisions based on fear.
This makes you anxious, worried, and scared.
But, there’s a solution…a better way:
This makes you anxious, worried, and scared.
But, there’s a solution…a better way:
Many of us ambitious, type-A people have succeeded by running on fear.
But at what cost?
Fear is motivating but also costly.
Instead, we can turn our energies toward something else…
But at what cost?
Fear is motivating but also costly.
Instead, we can turn our energies toward something else…
Fear CAN be a powerful ally when we take it out of the subconscious and bring it into the foreground.
By looking at our fear, we can see what is important to us.
Fear tells us that something is at risk.
Rather than stopping there, we might ask ourselves:
By looking at our fear, we can see what is important to us.
Fear tells us that something is at risk.
Rather than stopping there, we might ask ourselves:
What am I sensing is at risk?
or
What is important to me that I would like to attain or protect?
By moving towards what we would like, rather than avoiding an unwanted outcome, we can actually design a proactive path toward the end result we desire.
or
What is important to me that I would like to attain or protect?
By moving towards what we would like, rather than avoiding an unwanted outcome, we can actually design a proactive path toward the end result we desire.
Bringing fear into our awareness holds the potential to disarm and unwire the fear.
In coaching, we often work with fear by inviting clients to write down the things they are afraid of.
This simple act of naming the fear can have a powerful effect.
In coaching, we often work with fear by inviting clients to write down the things they are afraid of.
This simple act of naming the fear can have a powerful effect.
The antidote to fear is love.
Imagine how much more effective you might be in your work or life if you came with love instead of fear.
How much more energy might you have?
How much more clarity?
This is not an overnight change. And it doesn’t have to be.
Imagine how much more effective you might be in your work or life if you came with love instead of fear.
How much more energy might you have?
How much more clarity?
This is not an overnight change. And it doesn’t have to be.
Even the beginning of change can have a profound effect on the present.
Begin today by writing down the things you are afraid of. Then note the things you sense are at risk.
Begin today by writing down the things you are afraid of. Then note the things you sense are at risk.
Now ask yourself, if I came from a place of love and creativity, how might that change how I approach the things I define as important?
Close your eyes for a moment and offer yourself some compassion.
It is human to be afraid.
But don’t allow it to drive everything you do.
Close your eyes for a moment and offer yourself some compassion.
It is human to be afraid.
But don’t allow it to drive everything you do.
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