“If it scares you, it may be a good thing to try.”

-Seth Godin, American Author

As I examine my own life and identify its highlights, I realize that many of them involved overcoming a fear in order to achieve some form of breakthrough. Among them are:

• Starting my first business at age eleven!
• Risking rejecting in applying to a highly competitive high school.
• The “What Ifs” of resigning from a secure yet unsatisfying Fortune 500 career to enter the coaching profession when it was in its infancy.
• The fear of judgement as I began speaking to increasingly large groups of people.
• Risking potential criticism and judgement in writing and publishing my own blog and book.

EXERCISE:

Examine the things that have scared you over the years, and look at what scares you today. Where would giving some of these things a try help you overcome the fears and bring you even greater rewards and life satisfaction?