The Importance of Overcoming Fear 5 Ways YOU Can Do It to Achieve Greatness!
Fear is a natural element of change and big decision making and it why overcoming fear is critical to success.
Our comfort zones are a safe place where we don’t have to experience any unsurprising, unfamiliar, or challenging situations and too often, we relegate ourselves to remaining there. The reason entrepreneurs know it’s important to step outside of their comfort zones is to invite in a wide range of opportunities by opening their minds to new methods, ideas, channels, and feedback.
As much as you may feel fear in these situations, it’s incredibly important to acknowledge your feelings, find ways overcome them, and allow yourself to be open and adaptable.
Regardless of your profession, everyone expresses themselves in a unique way. Some people are loud, some are quiet, some think every describable piece of information needs to be provided, and some don’t provide anywhere near enough detail. It can feel like an incredible amount of pressure to be a leader and knowing the right way to present your vision can be tricky.
Don’t worry! At mnm institute, we teach you the keys to remaining cool, calm, and collected when developing yourself and your passion as an entrepreneur.
OVERCOMING FEAR
Identify and acknowledge your fears.
Once you know what it is exactly that you’re afraid of you are on the path to overcoming fear, you can start to look at ways to address your concerns, fear and anxiety. The best way to concretely name and address your fears is to write them down. Write exactly what scares you and what potential outcomes provoke your anxiety. Identify what you’re avoiding because you’re afraid of failure in a certain area.
Write down all of your feelings about the undesirable outcomes you have in your mind and critically analyse how realistic these outcomes are, and what you can do to avoid these outcomes. Get to know exactly what scares you so you can tackle your fears head on and break free of your own imposed constraints.
Look your fears in the eye and learn from rejection.
Now that you know what scares you and why, it’s time to take action in overcoming fear. Your fears are holding you back from making progress and you are the one in control of the choices you make. Remember that everyone hears the word ‘no’ at some point in their lives and that’s completely okay.
Every closed door assists to redirect you on the right path and will lead you to exactly where you’re supposed to be. That might look different in real life than the idea you mapped out in your mind, but the true meaning of success is taking risks, throwing yourself into your passion and presenting it to people because you truly believe in what you’re doing. People have different perspectives, preferences, attitudes, and beliefs, so it is likely you will receive at least one ‘no’.
Make sure when receiving that ‘no’ that you don’t take it personally, ask as many questions as you can to gain insights into potential investors ways of thinking, and aim to take onboard constructive criticism which can help you improve various aspects of your idea, pitch or presentation.
Be comfortable being uncomfortable. If you can condition yourself to be unafraid of the unfamiliar, you will find that your overall anxiety will certainly decrease. It is this that is critical when overcoming fear.
This is because our brains quickly enter ‘flight or fight’ mode when faced with new social, professional, and personal situations that we have infrequently or never encountered, and our survival instincts are activated. Reduce this within yourself by stepping outside of your comfort zone at least once a day. It doesn’t need to be HUGE changes immediately.
Look at your list of fears and see how they relate to your everyday behaviour. Perhaps you’re not someone who usually wears hats because it’s not really a part of your style and whenever you have gone to wear one you stop yourself due to hesitancy.
This is a basic example of comfort zones keeping us in the same place and perpetuating anxiety. Take steps to fight any hesitation you might have. Remember that everyone is too busy worrying about themselves to be overly focused on something you’re doing and the pressure to be perfect all the time doesn’t really exist, we place it on ourselves.
Be comfortable being uncomfortable.
If you can condition yourself to be unafraid of the unfamiliar, you will find that your overall anxiety will certainly decrease. It is this that is critical when overcoming fear.
This is because our brains quickly enter ‘flight or fight’ mode when faced with new social, professional, and personal situations that we have infrequently or never encountered, and our survival instincts are activated. Reduce this within yourself by stepping outside of your comfort zone at least once a day. It doesn’t need to be HUGE changes immediately.
Look at your list of fears and see how they relate to your everyday behaviour. Perhaps you’re not someone who usually wears hats because it’s not really a part of your style and whenever you have gone to wear one you stop yourself due to hesitancy.
This is a basic example of comfort zones keeping us in the same place and perpetuating anxiety. Take steps to fight any hesitation you might have. Remember that everyone is too busy worrying about themselves to be overly focused on something you’re doing and the pressure to be perfect all the time doesn’t really exist, we place it on ourselves.
Acknowledge every ‘yes’ and celebrate every success.
A major part of overcoming fear is acknowledging within yourself when you’ve accomplished something. This doesn’t always come in the form of something major like a business partnership.
Even just having your website up and running, getting a few consistent sales, or receiving positive feedback; these are all wins. The more you acknowledge the areas where you’re going right, the more you will build confidence in yourself and your vision, and the less likely you are to dwell on potential negative outcomes.
Focus on building your confidence.
This is incredibly important in overcoming fear. When we look at leaders of some of the largest and most powerful companies in the world such as Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, these people emanate confidence. They are the face of these companies, and they understand that if they don’t believe in themselves and the companies they represent, nobody else will either.
It’s not arrogant to understand and utilise your strengths. It’s also important to identify and actively work on any areas you feel lacking in. Remember that everyone is their own unique combination of strengths and weaknesses and there is absolutely no shame in striving to be the best versions of ourselves.
Watch Elon Musk discuss fear and how it can be harnessed. Elon Musk On Fear – YouTube
The connection between fear and remaining trapped in our comfort zones ultimately leads to limitations on all areas of personal growth, and we need to take ownership of our feelings to break through barriers. We need to achieve a level of understanding ourselves so that we can break free from what holds us back and capitalise on opportunities that we encounter, even if it scares us. Fear is an emotion felt by every human being, but we have it within ourselves to overcome our fears, stop letting it dictate our behaviours, and open as many doors for ourselves as possible by following these general rules and practices.
So if you are ready to take on the challenge of overcoming fear reach out to mnm institute.
By Rob Schafer – founder | chairman of mnm institute
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24.08.2022 10:27AM
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