| There are a lot of frightened people out there. | | | | visualization. When you begin to create negative |
| We tend to allow our minds to go to the worse | | | | images of what you fear, stop yourself. Then, |
| case scenario, and then come up with new ways | | | | replace it with a powerful image of you |
| things could get worse. This state of mind only | | | | successfully overcoming your fear. After doing |
| makes our fears appear more real and present. | | | | the work to consistently replace fear-based |
| These fear-based images and self talk can be so | | | | images with images of success, you will develop a |
| powerful that we freeze and take no action at all. | | | | new thought pattern. |
| Living this way only helps to make the things we | | | | Fear only exists in thought. It isn't real. F.E.A.R. as |
| fear to become a reality. You can conquer your | | | | an acronym stands for "False Experiences (or |
| fear of anything using the following 7 methods. | | | | Expectations) Appearing Real". If fear exists in |
| Stop Defending Your Fears | | | | thought, who controls your thoughts? You do! So, |
| We tend to defend our fears to the death. We | | | | swap out the bad for the good. Replace the |
| act as if our fear exists and can never be tamed. | | | | negative with the positive. Eliminate the un-useful |
| We therefore hold ourselves captive by what we | | | | for the useful. Visualize what you want to have |
| fear, and never make a true attempt to get | | | | happen. Stop visualizing what you don't want to |
| passed it. | | | | happen. |
| Instead, understand that the vast majority of | | | | Find a Motivation That Is Stronger Than Your |
| your fears were learned. The good news is that if | | | | Fear |
| they were learned, then you can learn a way to | | | | You may be afraid of starting a new business. |
| eliminate them or do what needs to be done in | | | | However, you fear not having an income after |
| spite of them. Start by first stopping the defense | | | | losing your job and having difficulty finding another. |
| of your fears. Then change your attitude about | | | | Your motivation to earn may be stronger than |
| them. Decide that you can conquer them. Then | | | | your fear of failing a new business venture. You |
| find the way that works best for you to do so. | | | | may be afraid of being completely vulnerable to a |
| Remember | | | | new love after a past hurt. However, you fear |
| Every one of us has had major things that we | | | | losing the one you love due to your decision to |
| feared in our past. We thought that something so | | | | not open up. Your motivation to love may be |
| horrific was going to happen. You've had more | | | | stronger than your fear of being hurt. |
| than one situation in your life that was the biggest | | | | With this strategy, you aren't conquering fear. |
| issue in your life up to that point. Here's the | | | | You are finding something far more powerful than |
| thing...you survived it every single time. Either the | | | | fear to power through any imagined threats. |
| thing you feared didn't happen, it happened to a | | | | Whenever you feel fearful, go back to what |
| much lesser degree, or it happened as you | | | | motivates you to keep on keepin' on. |
| imagined and you were able to handle it. | | | | Do What Must Be Done In Spite Of Fear |
| Look back over your life time. Remember the | | | | Your fear of something doesn't actually stop you |
| biggest issues in your life at those times. | | | | from doing it. You have a fear, you make a |
| Remember how you thought of them then. | | | | decision not to do something because of that |
| Consider what you think of them now that you | | | | fear, and then you don't move forward. The |
| were able to move past them. With the issues | | | | definition of courage is to do something that must |
| you fear today, will they still be the huge issue in | | | | be done in spite of your fear of it. |
| your life in 2 years? 5 years? 10 years? | | | | Instead of allowing fear to stop you, allow it to |
| Control What You Can Control | | | | start you on a pathway to accomplishment. |
| If there is something you fear, but the result is | | | | Every time you push pass a fear, you make the |
| within your control, why fear it? You may need | | | | next fear easier to deal with. Be smart about it. |
| to work harder or longer, learn more, ask for | | | | Be safe while doing it. Learn from those that have |
| assistance or stretch your skills outside of your | | | | done it before you have. Then do what must be |
| comfort zone. All of these things are within your | | | | done in spite of your fear of it. |
| control. | | | | Prayer and Meditation |
| Likewise, if something is outside of your control, | | | | When you are in the space of spiritual energy |
| why worry about it? You can't stop it, change it | | | | through either prayer or meditation, fear cannot |
| or influence it. Therefore, any thoughts of worry | | | | exist there. Why? You cannot truly experience |
| about it would be a waste of time. All you can | | | | the unconditional love that prayer and meditation |
| control is your response to it. Therefore, put your | | | | offers AND have fear-based thoughts. Fear and |
| thoughts and energy into your response. | | | | love cannot exist in the same space. |
| In short, if you can control it, don't worry about it | | | | Also, when you are connecting to your spiritual |
| and focus on controlling it. If you can't control it, | | | | source (whatever name you call it), you can ask |
| don't worry about it because there is nothing you | | | | for guidance to overcome that which you are |
| can do about it. Focus on your response to it | | | | afraid of. You can also leave your worries with |
| instead. | | | | your spiritual source and have faith in yourself. |
| Visualization | | | | F.A.I.T.H. is also an acronym, standing for "Facts |
| World-class athletes, top executives, and those | | | | Accepted In The Heart". Accept in your heart |
| who have reached the highest levels of success in | | | | that you have nothing to fear. Go back to your |
| their respective areas use visualization. Stephen | | | | spiritual space several times a day and know that |
| Covey calls it, "begin with the end in mind" in "The | | | | all is happening exactly as it should. Have F.A.I.T.H. |
| 7 Habits of Highly Effective People". "The Magic of | | | | that there is nothing to F.E.A.R. |
| Thinking Big" is another great reference book for | | | | |