OVERCOMING FEAR AS A WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR.

Fear is a sneaky beast. It’s insidious… and rarely shows up as FEAR itself, often making it hard to even recognize, let alone overcome. (4 Ways Fear Shows Up is Below… along with an epic post on FEAR.)

But the main thing I want to say today,
as I hear from entrepreneurs,
even from some of my own members
who are struggling with fear — and other emotions — right now…

is NOT that you should be ROBOTIC.
I NEVER suggest that you DENY your emotions…
be they fear-based or anything else,
(although MOST emotions that pull you OFF-TRACK
ARE fear-based)
It’s simply that you are NOT to be dominated and ruled by them.

Listen, when you see a two-year-old throw a temper tantrum, you KNOW that they’re two years old. You KNOW that they still have a ways to go before we can expect them to be in control of their emotions. So, you know… you shake it off.

But, when you see an adult version of the temper tantrum,
walking away from a project,
refusing to walk forward,
stamping their little feet as they shake their head in protest of the injustice in their world…
well, it’s different.

As adults, we ARE expected to have SOME dominion over our thoughts and emotions.

It’s important to realize that
ALL of the greats you study,
past and present,
ALL of your mentors,
ALL of those you look up too…
ALSO, have fear,
experience overwhelm,
insecurity,
doubt,
and all the rest of it.

We are NOT immune.
We’re human.

The DIFFERENCE really
Is that we aren’t RULED by these emotions.
We don’t base our DAY on them,
we don’t roll over and play dead when they show up.

It’s 100% within your realm of possibility to do the same,
But it ain’t easy.
I get it…
especially with the fear thing,
largely because fear doesn’t show up and say,

“HEY YOU BIG SCAREDY CAT, I’M HERE NOW… TIME FOR YOU TO COWER IN FEAR.”

NO, fear has some suave, some swagger if you will. You see, being afraid is hard to admit, to ourselves and to others. And so, fear shows up…

As LAZINESS. We have stories about how we’re not disciplined enough or driven enough or motivated enough. If ONLY we could be more MOTIVATED, we think… Nope, usually fear. Of failure or success. But it’s fear. You’re not lazy.

As HUNGER or some other distracted — suddenly important — behavior. Anything fear can do to keep you playing small and protecting the status quo will work. Eating, scrolling Facebook, mindless cleaning, gossip, whatever.

As IGNORANCE. Oh, if ONLY you knew HOW…  THEN you’d do it. FEAR tells you that you can’t move forward without knowing exactly how.

It’s a lie. It’s simply fear. Keep walking, my friend… the path will appear. I promise.

As WISDOM. Well now… when you consider all you have going on, it’s REALLY just not the right time.  lol… You’ll wait for better TIMING, oh, that’s it.

Because NOW is just such BAD timing. B.S. There IS no perfect timing. The ONLY timing guaranteed to us is NOW. Use it… or allow fear to convince you to lose it.

Here’s more on fear and the entrepreneur: https://www.bmichellepippin.com/an-epic-post-about-fear-the-entrepreneur/?fbclid=IwAR1kdUio547JdsbopJ7PKuwOW5Gprgkwv6pVkV6–DU1ic9YOqGKBKR0mzk