BANISHING FEAR, THE ENTREPRENEUR’S ACHILLES HEEL.
Before we dive deep into fear (You can find approximately 80 articles on fear here on this blog.) I want to point out some of the more obvious ways that fear shows up in our business.
— FEAR of raising prices;
— fEAR of asserting myself;
— FEAR of saying NO;
— FEAR of quitting a group, cutting back on community commitments, networking opportunities, etc.
— FEAR of going big
— FEAR of launching
— FEAR of making the ask.
— FEAR of drawing (and defending) boundaries
— FEAR of disappointing people
— FEAR of firing a client, or an employee
— FEAR of failure, fear of success, fear of haters, fear of making waves,
— FEAR of deciding, FEAR of investing….
This is just a thumbnail sketch of how the POISONOUS “habit” of fear can show up in our businesses.
BOTTOM LINE: FEAR keeps us either RUNNING too fast to be strategic, paralyzed, OR playing small.
In the Bible, God assured the Israelites that he would “put terror and fear” in the hearts of the enemies of the Jews…. This is ONLY mentioned just before BATTLE, by the way..
WHY?
Because FEAR keeps us running too fast to be strategic, paralyzed, or playing small.
And — in battle, as in business — easy to defeat.
FEAR is a foe that you’ve got to address in business, in order to play big and build a successful business on YOUR terms.
The opposite of fear is confidence…
Self-assuredness
Self-reliance
BOLDness
FAITH,
and LOVE.
So, where is YOUR confidence muscle being built? Where are you building your won FAITH in what’s possible for your business? Where are you being PRODDED to do more of what you LOVE in your business? Where do you TURN when FEAR threatens to keep YOU paralyzed or playing small?
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