FEAR...Isn't it funny how it works?

  Written by Pamela Glowski on Sep 16, 2008 7:43 am

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My business partner and I are working on our teleconference for the week and we were talking about FEAR yesterday.  That's what the whole thing will be on this Friday.  Fear is really funny....

I don't mean funny--haha, I mean funny weird...

First of all, what are you afraid of...think of one thing...ok except for the #13 thing---How scary can a number be?  What did 13 ever do you to?  LOL--Just kidding....

Ok, fear of FAILURE...think about it...we start something...say a business....and we get started...at least sign the new rep sign up form.  Then it happens...we start THINKING...our mind starts running wild..."Who am I to start a business?", "I'm just little old me, what makes me think I can make big money like that?", "What was I thinking...success is only for special people, and I'm not special"...."I'll probably invest my money and time and it won't work for me."

So what happens??  The mind wins and the brain starts processing all of this...

Then the body starts acting it out by dragging through the training process, not getting to important company or team activites, not building relationships with prospects...and pretty soon, before you know it...YOU PROVED YOURSELF RIGHT!!!   YOUR MIND...not your circumstances MADE YOU FAIL!!

So how can we get around that?  Simple...CONTROL YOUR MIND...DEVELOP SELF CONTROL!  Instead of letting your thoughts run all "willy-nilly"...start being concious about what you think because as Henry Ford says, "You can or You can't...either way YOU are right!"

Start being concious about what you think and ask yourself WHY you think it...where did you form that belief from?  For example..."Who am I to start a business"?  Did you form that belief because you were under the IMPRESSION (not fact) that you had to have an MBA to start a business?  That you had to be a mogul like Donald Trump?  Ok...makes sense but go get information about people who started business...GET FACTS...and if your belief is incorrect...CHANGE IT!  There is nothing more wrong than seeing someone be a know it all, when in fact they really know nothing!  They just assume....and you know what happens when you assume!  In fact, just in this case...Did you know that most of the people who are wealthy now...started their businesses with less than nothing?  They used other people's money! 

How about fear of flying?  Well, join us on Friday to get to that one...

So, if you have fears...STOP the chatter in your head...Identify what you are really afraid of....GET THE FACTS to see if your belief is founded...Once you know it's NOT...CHANGE IT and you will be able to refram your BELIEF and thus...get past your fear!!

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