There seemed to be endless obstacles preventing me from living with my eyes open, but as I gradually followed up clue after clue it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.
~Joanna Field
Fear of failure, fear of others opinions, fear of the unknown?.. What? What would you do if you weren't afraid? Fear is part of our human condition but as Mark Twain once said, "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear- not the absence of fear". So how do we move forward and progress in spite of our fears? The first thing to do is acknowledge our fears and give them a face. Write them down. Then you can confront them one at a time. Most fears stem from ego which is the exact opposite of self esteem. David Lieberman paints a picture of ego and self esteem being on a teeter-totter. If you are operating from ego; self esteem goes down but if you operate from self esteem; ego goes down. Does it really matter what your friends think? What do you think? Failure? The biggest failure is never trying. Where will you be five years from now if you don't do this? Visualize your success, what does it look like? These are the first steps in mastering your fears. Build your self esteem by writing down what your attributes are. What qualities do you possess that will guarantee your success? Say them out loud! Say them often. If all of your self talk is negative then ego will always be on top, self esteem will never have a chance and fear will always hold you back. What would you do if you knew you could not fail? Go to the mirror and talk it over. I will wait.
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