Do The Thing You Fear And The Death Of That Fear Is Certain!

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

Do the thing you fear

How crazy does that sound? It’s like saying, just jump and you won’t be afraid of heights anymore….:)

But when you really think about it, it’s so very true.

I’ve been struggling with something lately, wondering how I was going to get all the things on my to do list done. I was afraid of getting them done in time, I was afraid of letting someone down. I was afraid of not saying the right thing to someone in an email, and so I was frozen.

Let me tell you… that feeling of being frozen is so much worse than the fear of getting it done. So today, I got up, and aggressively attacked my to do list. One of which was to write this blog about fear.

Ironic, isn’t it.

Then this popped up on Facebook:

WHAMO….this hit me hard.

How long had I been putting off getting some of this stuff done because of some fear or another…. a long time.

Being stuck is a decision. It’s a decision or lack of a decision to take action.

Right now, about 6 hours into my day, I’ve gotten so much stuff done and the best part of it all is that the momentum that I’ve created causes me to get things done faster! I’m focused. I’m getting tasks done, and when things come up that even yesterday I would have paused to find ‘the best way’, I’m just getting it done.

I’ve heard people say that as you take action, the world starts to meld into your goals, your vision and your ambition. I didn’t really believe that until today…

Imagine this…you’re putting off send an email because you’re not sure what to write. When you don’t send an email, nothing else happens. No other steps that are subsequent to that email being sent will take place… because no action has been taken.

Now, take that same email that you need to send, write the main points that you need to get across and click send. You might think “what if what I said isn’t 100% accurate”… or…”what if my words are misinterpreted”… or … “what if I make someone mad” ….. (this list of what ifs can go on for ever)

How about this.. you just do it. Then if someone gets mad, you handle that one thing. If they ask a question to clarify, you clarify, and if necessary, resend your email. OR if someone points out a fact that you got wrong, use it as a way to draw humor at your self and say something like “well, this is the first time that I’ve EVER been wrong”. You’ve heard the phrase “I was wrong once, but then I found out I was wrong about that too….”

Life isn’t about being perfect. It’s about living. I bet you can talk to everyone that has done something that was wrong and they got a laugh out of it, and I bet that they learned more from being wrong that from being right!

Now I’m not right all the time by any means, but I do know that there is a HUGE movement going on the web right now. There’s something coming that’s going to be so huge that it’s like a tilde wave roaring toward the shore…. You can either be on a surf board and ride it in or you can be on the shore watching someone else ride it in.

I’m offering you a chance to ride.

Click this link and watch the short video. There’s a great deal of knowledge on the other side. So much in fact that you’ll be amazed at the value.

Click this link and join us on the surf board!
Remember:
TAKE ACTION and Never Stop Learning!!
Larry