FDR Was Right

By craig | January 5, 2008

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Hi All,

In an earlier post I talked about how important it was to get off your tush and just do something. To pick a project that you have been holding off on and start on it, because “nothing ventured is nothing gained” as the saying goes.

I then started thinking what might make us not start an article, a website or trying Google AdWords. What is that one thing that is holding us back, that one thing that is the difference between success and failure. the difference between living paycheck to paycheck or being very wealthy.

That one thing is FEAR! Fear of trying something new, fear of starting that new business, the fear of making your first product, the fear of failure. Fear is that force that keeps so many people in their shells. They are unable to achieve their dreams because they are afraid of looking dumb or afraid of failing.

I know it is easier said then done, but Franklin D Roosevelt was correct when he said that “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ” But fear can be overcome. Fear tends to be the one thing that holds us back the most in our lives. I have fear with every project that I do or think of doing. I do not always win, fear does have a pretty good record against me, but I am beating him now!

One thing that I have been doing to help me get over these fears is by looking at the rewards that I will receive if I beat this demon we call fear. It is funny how when it is all said and done, the reward makes the fear I faced at the beginning of the project almost seem non-existent. To get more ideas of overcoming your fears visit StevePavlina.com and view or listen to his podcast on overcoming fear.

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Many Blessings,

-Craig

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