7 Ways to Overcome Fear and Start that Business!
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As wild and unpredictable as the world is right now, I believe the climate in today’s society makes it the perfect time to make a change and do something different! Today we are going to tackle ways to overcome the fear so you can live a life you love.
Friend, things have changed, to say the least. I don’t know about you but looking back, prior to the shutdown, I was stuck.
Stuck mentally.
I just felt like I was going through the motions. I felt that I could be giving and providing more but in different ways.
I could be making a bigger impact.
Have you felt this way?
When the shutdown happened did you start analyzing your life?
Do you feel you’ve been shaken awake by this shutdown as I have?
What is it you want? What do you want your life to look like? Are you pursuing that? Why or why not? What’s holding you back? What are you avoiding? What are you afraid of?
Fear is a feeling.
Feelings can be controlled and managed.
Whenever I am feeling fear I have to ask myself “Am I in danger?”
If the answer is NO then I must remind myself that FEAR is:
False. Evidence. Appearing. Real.
I have found myself feeling fear of something that hasn’t happened. I’m feeling fearful of what I think could maybe happen.
I have to get myself back to center.
Why am I feeling fearful? What is it about this specific situation that is making me fearful? Is there any reason at all for me to be feeling fear?
When talking about fear Psychology Today says:
“We react differently to real and imagined threats. Imagined threats cause paralysis. Being scared about all the bad things that may or may not happen in the future makes you worry a lot but take little action. You are stuck in a state of fear, overwhelmed but not knowing what to do.”
Is this you?
Do you want to step out and do something more with your life but fear has paralyzed you?
Do you have an idea or a passion but are so fearful of what others might think or say?
I often remind myself of a most powerful verse:
“For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but one of Power, Love, and a Sound Mind” ~ 2 Timothy 1:7
Fear is not from God… I must remind myself of that.
What is from God?
- Power
- Love
- A Sound Mind
A SOUND MIND = Having the capacity to think, reason, and understand for oneself.
That’s what we have been given. A Sound Mind.
So let’s dig into ways to overcome fear.
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Here are 6 Essential Steps to Overcoming Fear:
1. WRITE IT
One of the best ways to overcome fear is to head straight to a personal journal. A journal is a fantastic place to “get it all out”. This is a safe place for you to identify your fear, name it, write your feelings, work through it, and overcome it.
Keep this journal separate from anything else you have. This is designed specifically for you to work through… you.
2. PRACTICE GRATITUDE
Fear has no place in a grateful heart. When you are intentionally reminding yourself of how blessed you are and how lucky you are it truly removes fear. When your heart is so full of gratitude and appreciation for what you’ve been given it’s easy to push the fear aside.
Since we are talking about journals… take time to write 5 things you are grateful for each and every day.
This exercise will help you focus on the positive things in your life.
Feel you don’t have time for all of this? Then you definitely need to dig into my time management tips.
These tips will help you tremendously get control of your time instead of it controlling you!
3. RELEASE CONTROL
Yup Elsa… time to let it go!
When I learned that frustration was truly just me trying to control something I had ZERO control over, I released the control.
The only things I had control over were MY Actions and MY Attitude.
Nothing else. No one else.
Focus on you. Make you better.
Let everything else go. It’ll all work out the was it’s supposed to.
TRUST THAT!
Each morning take your journal and write down 5 things you want in your life or what you want your life to look like. Yes, every day.
Don’t look at what you wrote the day before, just allow yourself to write. Don’t be rigid or structured to try to do this “right”. Just write.
THINK BIG! Allow yourself to write “impossible” things.
Then let God and the universe do the rest.
4. POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS
What do you want your life to look like? I mean super specifically. Do you know? Do you speak it daily?
If not, it’s time to start.
This is one of the BEST ways to learn this skill…
Don’t know how or where to start? Then you must take the 5-Day Vision Challenge.
Download your FREE 5-Day Challenge Guide to walk you through how to crystalize the vision for your life.
5. BUILD YOU
I learned a long time ago that if I already was who I needed to be to live my dream life… then I would already have it!
So if I wasn’t already living my dream life that meant that I had some work to do… on me!
I was the thing standing between what I had and what I wanted.
I was what was stopping me from “living the dream”.
ME. There was no other reason.
If I was stuck in any area of my life… finances, career, relationships, weight, health, etc.
Then that meant I was MAXED OUT in my own leadership. I could not lead myself out of where I was.
So I had to change my personal leadership. How?
Personal development. I had to grow and build me.
Same for you.
NOTE: no shame or guilt here. Do not allow that to come into your life. There’s no time for that. My point is NOT to make you feel you aren’t already enough… YOU ARE! You are amazing, you are incredible and you are loved!
It’s now just time to go to the next level of you if you want to live the next level of your life.
If you want to go to the next level of your life, I would start with the Best Resources to Live a Life You Love!
6. THE COMMITTEE OF “THEY”
Who are “they” that you are so concerned about?
Identify them. Why do they hold so much influence and power of you?
Can a conversation solve the fear? Can you schedule a time to sit down to work through the issues?
Many times it simply takes a simple conversation to mend any wounds. Hurt feelings usually come from misunderstandings anyway.
On the other hand, there are the real life “haters”. Those that judge you, ridicule you, and give you a hard time no matter what you do.
It’s ok. Just make the decision to love them from a distance. Your heart has no room for hate.
Hate blocks blessings. Don’t allow it in. You can’t afford it.
My biggest advice no matter what the situation is…
7. DO IT ANYWAY
Courage is feeling fear and doing it anyway
If you have a tug in your heart of an idea or a passion that just won’t go away then in the words of Nike… just do it.
Don’t deny the world of your vision, talents and gifts because of what others may think or feel about it.
Who cares.
WHAT DO YOU NEED?
Now that we have covered ways to overcome fear now let’s move onto starting that business.
First, you need a WHY. Why do you want to start a business? Why do you want to do something different?
I cover the 9 primary motivating factors of starting a business or doing something different in my post on 7 Things to do When You don’t Want to go Back to Work
One reason may be simply to not go back to work! Right now, so many people are scouring the internet for ways to accomplish that goal.
To start a business you need education and money.
I HIGHLY recommend that while you are educating yourself on whatever business or passion you want to start or pursue then you should find a side hustle that can produce some extra income quickly.
There are many options out there but I love a clean and simple MLM.
Why?
It’s a business in a box.
The business plan is put together, the compensation plan is in place, the products are already created, and the training system is already done… all you have to do is plug into that, market the products, and make money.
That’s it.
MLMs often come with a bad rap not because of the company or the products are bad but because of goofy people who do goofy things.
Can we be honest for a sec? You’re going to deal with goofy people in ANY business or company. Google is FULL of examples.
From politics to businesses to families to churches… bad people do bad things. It’s not just in MLMs.
If you choose to run a business like a business you won’t make goofy decisions, you’ll make sound decisions… because after all, you have a Sound Mind.
And because you have a Sound Mind definitely make sure you choose a company that has been around for a long time… that is instant credibility.
Also, choose one that provides products that you like and can see yourself using and selling.
There are many people that start building an online MLM business to raise the capital they need to diversify and invest in other businesses, assets, and ideas.
It’s a means to an end.
If you want any feedback or specific recommendations and direction on where to go from here just let me know…
I’ll commit being with you every step of the way!
These are 7 ways to overcome fear… and finally, start that business and pursue that dream. Life is too short to be stopped by fear.
The world needs what you have to offer!
So tell me, friend, what are you excited about? I’d love to hear.
