Whenever I try anything new,
I get scared.
Whenever I reach out to a new contact,
I fear rejection.
Whenever I launch a new project,
I fear failure.
I face fear almost every day.
And that’s a good thing.
Fear is necessary.
“What would happen
if we were all fearless?
Well, it’s possible
we’d all end up serial killers.
Not really the career path
I envisioned for my life.
If we really followed that adage
and chose to be fearless,
some unarguably dumb
and needless results
would come about:
– We’d make a slew of bad decisions
that could endanger our lives,
our families and our livelihoods.
– We’d unwittingly put those
who share the responsibility
for our success at risk
by not taking their needs
and the effects of
our decisions on them into account.
– We’d … die.”
For me,
the feeling of fear
signals that I’m trying something new,
I’m stretching my abilities,
I’m growing as a person.
Fear is a GOOD emotion.
Embrace it.