Living Without Fear Part 4 – What’s Keeping You Bound To FEAR?

How’s it all going? Are you taking action?

Have you begun to make some meaningful changes in your life? Are your recession fears starting to ease?

If not, you’ve probably come up against at least one or two obstacles…obstacles so universal that they’ve sideswiped us all.

You see as soon as you start to set a goal such as getting rid of your fears your mind will start to broadcast:

“I can’t do it”

“I’m wasting my time”

“I can’t change”

…or any other your habitual thoughts.

If you give these thoughts attention, you’re in trouble.

The solution is to let them come and go and re-focus back to taking effective action.

Let’s spend some time discussing excessive expectations and how they bound you to fear.

So let me ask you, are your goals for beating these fears too big?  The trick is not expecting to do too much, too soon.

Don’t fall into the trap of perfectionism. This increases your fears and only stifles your progress.

Do you expect to achieve your goals even though you lack the necessary skills or resources?

For example, if this recession has forced you to change jobs, you may need to take the necessary time to learn new skills. This can cause a tremendous amount of fear!  And if you lack the resources you need to achieve a particular goal (such as time, money, healthy, energy, support, equipment, or knowledge), then you’ll need to figure out how you can find them.

If there’s no way to find these resources in your current situation, then you’ll need to let go of that goal for now and set yourself a more realistic one.

And another thing… don’t sweat the mistakes.

Know that making mistakes is a fundamental part of being human. You learn by making mistakes and you’re made stronger with each obstacle you overcome.  When you stumble, you learned what *not* to do and how you can do it differently.   This is how you grow wiser!

Making mistakes is an essential part of learning to beat your fears.  So embrace it.

Let go of perfection.

Tomorrow, you’ll learn to escape your fears and find true satisfaction in life…