3 Things Successful People Do by John C. Maxwell

Author:John C. Maxwell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2015-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Fear breeds inaction;

Inaction leads to lack of experience;

Lack of experience fosters ignorance; and

Ignorance breeds fear.

President John F. Kennedy said, “There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.” The bottom line is that if you can overcome your fear, you can break the cycle and live to see the death of your ignorance and the birth of your success.

Fear also causes procrastination. It divides our focus and weakens us. It can even make us feel isolated. Former NFL quarterback Fran Tarkenton said, “Fear causes people to draw back from situations; it brings on mediocrity; it dulls creativity; it sets one up to be a loser in life.” Fear robs us of our potential and prevents us from moving forward toward our purpose in life.

Face Your Fears

When it comes to dealing with fear, you have three choices. First, you can try to avoid it altogether. But that means staying away from every known or potential fear-producing person, place, thing, or situation. That’s neither practical nor productive. If you move tentatively from place to place, always worrying that around the next corner you’ll come face-to-face with something that could cause you to fear, you will be tied into knots.

A second way to deal with fear is to hope that it will go away. But that’s like hoping for a fairy godmother to rescue you.

Fortunately, there is a third way to deal with fear, and that is to face it and overcome it. In the end, that’s the only method that really works. Here is a strategy to help you face the fear and do it anyway:

Discover the Foundation of Fear

Most of the fears we face every day are not based on facts. They are generated by our feelings. For example, a study conducted by the University of Michigan showed the following:

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