FEAR= False Evidences Appearing Real! That is what Fear really is. It is an imagined outcome of something that has not occurred yet. It holds us back from being all that we can be.
We are all terrified of something or many things. Many people would rather die than get up and speak in front of people. Others are afraid of heights. All these are because of imagined outcomes that we conjure up in our minds as to what could happen.
What are you afraid of? I love to speak in front of groups of people, I always have since I was a little girl. I was never shy in that way. I loved to give book reports and any kind of report in front of the class. But it was a totally different feeling when it came to mingling at recess. I was shy and full of fear to be the first one to start a conversation with someone. The one on one stuff scared me to death!
I almost drowned when I was 2 years old and ever since then I have been scared to put my head under the water. But I got over that with EFT, emotional freedom technique.
Fear is an emotional signal to warn us of the possibility of danger. Our brains are wired to protect us. It is the brain's job to make sure we don't touch the flame of the fire so it remembers that it hurt when you touched the hot stove as a child and let's you know through the memory of that fear not to touch things that are hot again. In this regard fear is your friend. Your brain is using fear to protect you from getting hurt.
But a part of your primitive mind also does not like things to change. When you are ready to do something you have never done before, fear will set in to protect you. But this fear is not your friend. At this time fear is just a false evidence appearing real. It is usually accompanied by a rush of emotion.
You can get fear to serve you by figuring out whether the feeling of fear is to stop you from hurting yourself and sending you the danger signal or is it a signal that you are about to grow and to discover a new adventure.
I have received comments from readers that they are afraid of making goals for the fear they will not be realized. They are afraid of setting them too high for fear of not meeting them and to low for not reaching high enough. This is very common and is a reason why many people do not even bother to set goals.
Don't let fear hold you back from reaching your highest potential this year and keep you from setting great goals. If there is something holding you back you might want to hire a coach who can help you get to the root of your fears and what keeps you from getting where you want to be.
Whether you think you can or can not you are right! Only 3% of the world population have written goals and only 3% of the world population control 97% of the world's wealth. Is there a correlation there? I think so.
I believe that you need to have dreams that are beyond what you think are even possible and then goals that are just beyond what you think is your reach and then stretch to those goals. If you reach for the moon but land among the stars you still are reaching your goals. There is a difference between your dreams and your goals. You need both. The goals are what propel you to your dreams and your dreams are what keep you going and motivated and excited.
For more posts on setting goals you can read these:
Check out this 2 minute video on conquering your fears! It is great! You will love this clip!
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Fear is one of our most powerful emotions. Many infamous world leaders have greatly understood the power of fear and how to use it as a motivating force. Fear is not to be ignored: it is to be conquered--something many of our government officials understand but don't want the blind sheep to know. Legislate is what congressmen do to give the appearance they are protecting the constituents from the things they most fear. It is false home. Education brings knowledge and knowledge dispels fear--or teach us to manage it and turn it to our advantage. "The man with no fear is a fool or a pawn."
The image to the left is an old one I considered using on a book cover. It is a question asked to me by my uncle some years ago and has much to do with how I live and conduct business today.
Many years ago a friend returned from Vietnam with more holes than he had when he left. He had been a prisoner of war and endured much terror for that short period before he escaped and freed others. He had witnessed things we could not conjure in a nightmare. In the end, as a door gunner on a Huey, as his crew was evacuating wounded men, he was shot three times. He had a favorite saying when I thought he was doing something bold:
I like that book cover. I have a saying I use with my coaching clients, What would you be doing if you knew you could not fail? I so agree with your comment. Governments have used fear for ages to control the people. Religions have done so for centuries. My father did several tours in Vietnam and has a purple heart among many other bars and awards and honors. We either can make fear our friend or our foe. It is up to us. I wrote this post because I received private emails from members telling me they are afraid to make lofty goals out of fear of failure. This is one in my series I have been doing on goal setting. Katerina
Cyndee- Thank you. I hope they do too. I am writing a series of posts on goal setting of which the links are in this post so far. Hey, did your smiley call me graphic disappear off of your blog? My smiley call me went bye bye on all of my posts all of a sudden. I do not know why. Katerina
Katerina, I have overcome many fears but have many more to work on. Your blogs are very helpful and are inspiring me to do things that I normally am too "afraid" to do. Thanks for everything!
The goals are what propel you to your dreams and your dreams are what keep you going and motivated and excited. I love your perspective on the difference between goals and dreams. I'm a dreamer by nature and always have been, but when I visualize those dreams and feel it so deep in the depths of my heart, that is when I write it down and work to reach those stars and beyond. Fear can be so debilitating (when you get a spare moment you should read my post Dare You to Move), but truly how one works through that fear is the key. Oh how I have grown and I can tell you from every single piece of who I am, I know 2008 is going to be a year filled with greatness.
Thank you again for such a very insightful post Katerina.
Patricia- That is what it is and that is great that you can accept it as such and that makes it easier to go and do the thing! Have a very happy New Year! Katerina
Julie- Thank you! Did you watch the kick in this video? This is a very powerful video about feeling the fear and doing it anyways! I am a dreamer too! And I have very lofty and big dreams! But fear was not my demon, it was time and allowing myself to remain in an abusive relationship that kept me from being all that I could be at that time. But it is never too late to be all that you are meant to be. You are never too old to start anew. Katerina
Would it surprise you to know that fear has never been an issue for me? But I do appreciate the widom of your beautiful thoughts and hope they help someone to deal with their fears.
Margaret- Well, I am glad that fear has not been an issue for you. Does that mean you are not afraid of anything at all in the whole world or does that mean that you know what to do when you are afraid? Katerina
Alexander- The fear we have of GOD, is respect, not really fear. Like a child to a father. Fear is a tool of saten. He wants us to be afraid of being our best because he wants to take us down with him. God is love, thank you so much for your comment. Did you get the chance to walk the clip from Facing the Giants? Katerina
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Fear is one of our most powerful emotions. Many infamous world leaders have greatly understood the power of fear and how to use it as a motivating force. Fear is not to be ignored: it is to be conquered--something many of our government officials understand but don't want the blind sheep to know. Legislate is what congressmen do to give the appearance they are protecting the constituents from the things they most fear. It is false home. Education brings knowledge and knowledge dispels fear--or teach us to manage it and turn it to our advantage. "The man with no fear is a fool or a pawn."
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