FEAR is the lifeblood of success!
Lee Tunney-Ware
International High-Performance Personal Development and Business Coach | Business Coach, Mentor & Personal Development Coach
I have never tangibly meet fear. I have never shaken its hand. I don’t know where fear was born or its place of origin but I know it has a residence in each and every one of us! We all believe fear is real. My question to you is where does fear live? Is it in us? If so where? In our minds, our hearts, our soul, is it in our very essence?
Many believe fear is their life partner! In fact Fears life partner is doubt and together they are the parents of countless siblings, I personally have not met all of their offspring because they have so many. The ones I have been introduced to are... Anxiety, Apprehension, Despair and Failure, just for a few! My grandmother used to say to me "Tell me your company and I will tell you who you are!" I’m sure you know the meaning of her words: however, I would change the saying to "If fear lives in the constant company of your thoughts, it is obvious who you will become!"
Sometimes we are our own worst enemies and most times get in our own way because we focus on our flaws and have constant negative opinions of ourselves, WHY? I don’t know! But I have a short story they may have the answer: It is said that many years ago Satan announced he was going out of business once and for all; he put all the tools of his trade up for sale. All his jars and vials stood in neat rows on long shelves; each bottle was labelled and priced. One jar was labelled Deceit, another Meanness, there was also Jealousy' Revenge, Envy, Greed, Dishonesty, Spite, Selfishness, Malice and Hatred. Everything was there, all the woes and ruses of Satan. All marked up, ready for sale. However, there was one huge jar, larger than all the rest, it was almost empty, it had no price on it. Satan looked at it with leer and said, "I don't even charge for that one, a tiny pinch of it and any person is mine; I can use it for any reason that suits my purpose and I do. The jar is nearly empty now because I have used it on almost everyone, The label on the jar was fear!
So is Satan really the distributor of fear or are we? Look within yourself to find who you are, don't allow fear and doubt to be your master. You are not their slave; it is your responsibility to Turn FEAR INTO GREATNESS! You have 86,400 Seconds in a day how you use your time is critical...You will never be successful if you give fear and doubt your power. If you allow them to govern you then you will never become the person you want to be.
What would your life be like if you gave up some of your fears and decided to become courageous? It is time to take back your power. Know you are more than you think you are. The life you are living is yours, stop questioning yourself and start trusting you...your past is not your future we all make mistakes most people judge themselves by what they have failed at, and make that their ceiling, and live within the confines of their own failures. Will you find the courage to manifest your dreams?....
The word courage comes from a French word which means "of the heart" imagine what your life would be like if you did what you felt in your heart and acted on your dreams. Too many allow their dreams to die because they don't have the courage to overcome their fears I would hate to die and never do the things I was born to do, the life that you dream about is yours for the taking. What do I mean? You know that bit that stirs in you, that something that you just can't shake, every time you get settled into a career it keeps on bubbling inside you! What is it? I believe that it is you, the real you, every now and then it pokes its head up from beneath the fear and doubt.... realise the real you needs nurturing, it needs watering, it needs fertilizing for you to grow and become the person you were born to be.
REMOVE YOUR LIMITS and feel your power, Find your purpose and focus on your dreams, PURSUE THE IMPOSSIBLE, remember most people will never reach their dreams because they stop at their first failure, those who succeed don't stop, failure is not their destination they turn the IMPOSSIBLE dream into reality. They work harder and smarter, they learn from their failures they don’t quit until they reach their dreams.
Einstein said failure is success in progress. Failure makes winners hungry, but it makes most people give up, it makes most feel worthless! Never let failure stop you...Failure is a sibling of doubt and Fear it has no power over you...if you use Failure as fuel, as motivation you can never be defeated in the long term. Fear can make you feel alive that's its purpose it makes your heart pump faster, it gives you life, but when it starts pumping faster most people get scared that's when they quit, but that's when life starts!... Never accept defeat as your reality because you are not defeated unless you quit.
Fear and its accomplices will never stop the real you, let them give you the power to drive you forward and make the IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE, you owe it to yourself! You have the power... when instinct tells you to quit and it's not worth it, remind yourself to look within to escape the ordinary and trust yourself and know you are the creator of your own life, you have the power, not FEAR!
International High-Performance Personal Development and Business Coach | Business Coach, Mentor & Personal Development Coach
6 年We must catch up soon buddy!
You are always interesting, Lee! Fear can be a huge motivator. So can desire. We have all been influenced by approach and avoidance. No one can control the spontaneous thought that pops into their head -the thought that just shows up. We do have tremendous power over how we use that thought - whether the thought expresses fear, desire, or whatever. Knowing you, you probably have some great thoughts on how to use fear as a motivator. Cheers, Bob