How do you overcome fear and turn your doubts into success?
“To many of us sit on the sidelines of fear and doubt, unable to contribute to the world in need of our brilliance.” ~Chris Guillebeau
What is it that allows certain people to take action and do amazing things in life?
I have been really thinking about this topic a lot lately as it has been something that my Inner Circle has been discussing. I know many of you are struggling with your fears and doubts as it relates to not only your business but in some cases, your personal lives as well.
I can so totally relate as I have been there!
I want to encourage you to not be fearful of what it will take to actually make money in your business.
FEAR is a prison that will hold you captive if you don't learn to use it to propel you forward.
If you are feeling fear in your business, it means you are on the right track.
Doubts and uncertainty is the #1 killer of dreams!
It will stop you in your tracks if you let it. It will stop you from taking action, it will cause you to doubt yourself, tell you lies that you aren’t good enough, smart enough, no one could possibly want to know what you know and the list goes on. Fear really grabs a hold of you when it comes to spending money on your business or taking the time to learn what is necessary to develop your business. Fear will tell you that you don’t have the money or the time to invest in your business.
Before I go any further, I want you to know that everyone experiences doubt, fear and uncertainty. EVERYONE! Did you think you were the only one? This is another lie that fear will tell you. You are not alone. We all have fear.
The question I asked earlier “what is it that allows certain people to take action and do amazing things in life?”…the difference is that they have learned to lean into their fears, uncertainties and doubts. They even invite fear into their world and use those fears as fuel to push themselves further than they ever dreamed that they could go.
When you feel that fear or resistance to your direction, stop for a minute and say to it, out loud…
“Well hello and glad you came my way today. This tells me that I am on the right track. You won’t be telling me that I can’t do it…nope not today.” Then turn around and do what that little voice told you that you couldn’t do. That’s how you use fear to move your business forward!
Will it be easy? No but the more you practice it, the more you will see the difference in your life and in your business. Small successes will turn into larger ones and you will begin to see that fear only has power if you let it.
Use that fear to know that you can do it, you can make sacrifices to get the money to invest in your business, cut time away from something else that isn't creating income for your business and that you CAN learn anything you set your mind to.
I am here to tell you that YOU CAN DO ANYTHING if you will release the fear and embrace resistance as a way of KNOWING that you are going down the right road. God didn't intend for us to live in a fearful and lack mindset!
Are you ready to embrace your potential?
I believe in YOU!
About Kim
"FEAR is a prison that will hold you captive if you don't learn to use it to propel you forward"..This holds true, not just for business owners but for all those people who may be facing challenges int heir lives. Its sad to be a bystander and watch peoples dreams dies because they are frozen with fear or they don't have the support they need to excel! Great article, I have shared on Twitter
<b>LOVE</b> this post! The encouragement is right on target today. But I find myself wanting the end of the story…did you meet your 30-day deadline?
Actually the transparency you share in this is awesome; it's so easy to believe you were always the mompreneur, social media expert in Forbes today. Thanks for a very real reminder that you started from the beginning of this also!
Be blessed,
Pauline
Always positive, always inspiring. Thanks for the wonderful job you do Kim!
Know your fear first and you can face it…Think positive always and make your work to be a successful in your business.
Kim, I couldn't agree more with want you are saying. Fear is a dream killer. I was having a conversation with my 9 year old this afternoon. She wants to do a puppet show with her friends and asked if I would put it on Spunkybean.com. I told her she would have to present the show to me and make sure it was a good quality production. My daughter is a very gifted writer and I am confident that she will come up with something that will impress me. She then told me she would have to wait 90 days to get all the puppet ready. I told her to rewrite the script and get it done sooner. I said that if she waited for everything to be perfect she would never get started. You need to move forward with the tools you have in place. I really enjoyed your article, and I enjoy reading your tweets. Please keep staying active.
Fear is definitely a dream killer! Glad you are working with your daughter to help work through the fear and move forward.
Kim -
I needed to read this today – thank you for the positive words.
Tina
Thanks Kim for giving such good inspiration. So many people facing the same problem.
True so true!
Kim, thank you for sharing your story! I've found fear creeping into my thoughts nearly every minute this week and needed the encouragement this post offers.
Recently, I came across a book titled "Feel the Fear, Do It Anyways!" Although I haven't read the book yet, the title is now on a sticky note on my computer screen!
All the best, Holly Magister, CPA, CFP
ExitPromise.com
I will definitely add that one to my reading list, Holly!
Kim, great post !. If fear wasn't so common, we all would be a success! Don't let fear control you, control it and you will succeed.
Love this, thank you for sharing….I have recently let the fear go and love stepping through it to create and take myself farther. Love the believing in myself to go where I want to go. I believe we all have it within ourselves to get out there and create the life we all deserve. For we all deserve to be happy and loved.
Great article and timely too.
Ha ha just saw item dated march 2012 and I'm reading it jan 2013.
#betterlatethannever
Glad it helped, Brian!