Success Digest
with Olusegun Samson G.
Week 14
How To Overcome Fear:- 7 Powerful Ways To Conquer Your Fears
Until you conquer fear, you will never be able to gain mastery in life. Many of us are where we are today because out of fear we didn’t took some certain steps that would have move us further at some point in our life. Some of us, fear keep us focus on the past and worried about the future. Fear is certainly one of our most influential but highly ignored enemy of progress and accomplishment of goals. And the truth is no one is immune against fear, but what makes the different is our ability to overcome it when it comes.
As Nelson Mandela points out, the brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
I have my own fair share of fear and it has stop me on several occasion from; taking important steps, making vital call, making key decisions and so on, until I learn how to handle it.
When I caught the idea of the Annual National Success Summit, after consultations, researches and some calculations; my body temperature rises to about 60οC out of fear, going through my findings and what it takes to host the summit. I became more afraid when my team experiences some disappointment. To be sincere, my fears almost succeeded in stopping me; attempted canceling the summit more than three times. I had to fight my fears and eventually suppress them. The summit was successful and turns out to be one of my greatest accomplishments. What if my fear had stopped me again, all those life that has been impacted would not have been reached. What I have come to learn from my experiences with fear is that, you can’t be successful if you can’t conquer fear. Never, ever give in to fear. “He who is not conquering fear everyday” said R. W. Emerson “has not learned the secret of life.” Let’s quickly look at seven powerful ways to conquer fear.
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1. Acknowledge: You need to acknowledge the fact that your fears are causing havoc. If you feel its normal you might never be able to get over it.
2. Investigate: Get specific, what are you really afraid of and why; look inward. Remember, you can not conquer an enemy you don’t know.
3. Dethrone Security: Many go into wrong marriage, put up with jobs they hate, live in places they are not comfortable with and so on, just to feel secure. If you must conquer fear, you need to place more value on courage to do what you have to do to succeed. Helen Keller rightly observed, “Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.”
4. Eliminate Negative Belief: That some fail at it, doesn’t mean you will. It can work for you even if it has never work for anyone before. Learn to program the right thought into your mind. Your negative thought is just a perspective; don’t let it fertilize your fear. Reading good books that that specifically addresses your needs is also a very wise decision.
5. Talk: Your greatest fear has once been conquered by someone; find such a one. For example, you want to go into business and you are afraid, successful businessmen where once in your ‘shoe.’ Talking about your fear with them will help a great deal. And most importantly talk to God about it in prayer; some abnormal cases of fear, requires divine intervention.
6. Think of the Worst Thing that could Happen: Each time I use this method, I will say to myself at least I’m not going to die, so I just do it. Instead of allowing fear to stop you go for the worst; you will survive it and your fear will disappear.
7. Expose Yourself to the Fear: You can never overcome fear by avoiding it. The more you expose yourself to fear, the more courageous you become. You need to confront your fear. Just as Jeanette Coron said, “Courage is not the absence of fear, it’s to feel the fear and face it anyway.” If something terrifies you, until you do it, you will never realize what you’re capable of.
Believe me you have a lot of potential within you and what it takes to rule your world but fears has been preventing you from unleashing them. That story is changing from today. Courage to face the future and accomplish greater things is release upon you now in Jesus name.
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