Reality teaches us that FEAR, more than any other factor, will inhibit us from reaching our true potential.
The nature of fear can be extremely subtle in its manipulation of our dreams and desires.
The key to SUCCESS is to acknowledge these roadblocks, defeat the obstacles,
AND celebrate the VICTORY on your journey to the person you've always wanted to be.
The following is an article written by one of my personal "board of directors", Dr.Proactive, Randy Gilbert.
I strongly recommend that you digest these words of wisdom and take action NOW toward your future.
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"You Can Learn Anything You Need To Know To Remove Any Fear"
By Randy Gilbert
This is the first article in a series answering the question,
"How do we overcome our fears?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Fear defeats more people than any
other one thing in the world."
I want to help you to learn how to overcome the fears that defeat
you and hold you back.
If you rid yourself of your fears,
success and abundance are sure to be your destiny.
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The Three Things That Cause Bad Fears
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We are told that there are three things that establish the value
of a home: location, location, and location. Therefore you look
at its proximity to schools, where you work, and important
amenities.
Although it sounds a bit crass, there are three things that
establish the fears that defeat you: ignorance, ignorance, and
ignorance.
Our LACK OF KNOWLEDGE SETS US UP FOR FAILURE.
This is actually good news, because, quoting Brian Tracy "We can
learn anything we need to know in order to achieve any goal we
set for ourselves."
That means, WE CAN OVERCOME ANY FEAR IF WE
SET IT AS A GOAL!
During this 3-part series, you will learn how to proactively rid
yourself of the fears that keep you from success by removing the
"three ignorances" that cause them.
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Overcoming The First Ignorance
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The first ignorance to overcome is "not knowing about the thing
you fear."
WE NATURALLY FEAR THE UNKNOWN.
That is not bad in
itself.
In fact it is a God-given quality.
But "unknowns" are
meant to help us direct our learning, not hold us back.
You can probably recall many things that you were fearful of
until you learned more about them.
LEARNING REMOVES FEARS.
Consider the example of Christopher Columbus.
People were deathly
afraid of sailing across the Atlantic.
Something that is hard to
imagine now.
But Columbus learned astronomy and math.
He became a
ship captain and learned all about navigating.
His KNOWLEDGE GAVE
him A TREMENDOUS LEVEL OF COURAGE that caused him to be fearless.
He knew that his ships would not sail off the end of the earth.
Our proactive mantra should be, "You can learn anything you need
to know to remove any fear."
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Honey I Shrunk Your Fears
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Stealing from the MGM Movie, you can easily SHRINK YOUR FEARS BY
SHRINKING THE JOB OF LEARNING.
Jim Rohn says the first task of any job is "break it down."
DIVIDE AND CONQUER has always been sound advice.
Whatever it is
that you are trying to accomplish, splitting it up into tasks
that can be easily managed will shrink a huge job down so it is
not so daunting.
BREAK DOWN THE JOB OF LEARNING INTO TASKS.
Decide what you are
going to learn first by thinking of what would help you the most
right now.
Also consider what would help you in learning the
other things that you need to learn.
For example, the number one fear of most people is public speaking.
The vast majority of PEOPLE FEAR it BECAUSE THEY NEVER
LEARNED HOW to do it properly.
Most of us were thrust into the
situation as young children, of being forced to read or recite
something in front of a class, most of who were eager for any
excuse to laugh or find fault.
You can BREAK DOWN THE FEAR of public speaking BY READING ABOUT IT.
I highly recommend Dale Carnegie's books to start with.
Oh
how I wish I had been taught these principles back in grade
school.
I had the fear of public speaking.
Carnegie's books
completely CHANGED MY ATTITUDE and helped me to rid myself of
that fear.
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Rid Yourself Of The Fear Of Learning
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It is sad but true, MANY PEOPLE FEAR THE TASK OF LEARNING.
And of
course you don't have to, not if you start with learning how to
learn.
Believe it or not, I was afraid of going into a library.
Not as a
kid, but as an adult!
I already had a college degree, and I
didn't know how to use the library.
I viewed it as "term paper
hell."
Fortunately I'm married to a brave woman who took on the task of
educating me and showing me how libraries can be fun and
rewarding.
Now I'm a "book-aholic" and I spend most of my day
either reading or writing or surfing the internet for more great
books.
So KEEP REMINDING YOURSELF, "You can learn anything you need to
know to remove any fear."
Make this your mantra and SUCCESS AND ABUNDANCE WILL FOLLOW.
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In the next article of this series we will learn about the second
ignorance to overcome,
which is "not knowing how to control the
thing you fear."
You will learn that FEAR IS REMOVED BY DOING
and, "There is always the first time."
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About the Author
Randy Gilbert is the author of SUCCESS BOUND, from which portions
of this article are extracted.
Randy is highly regarded as an
authority on Proactive Thinking, which is why he goes by the name
"Dr. Proactive." You can contact him at Randy@DrProactive.com
To read summaries of each chapter,
see the reviews of other
authors and leaders, or to buy his new book go to
http://www.Success-Bound.com
Copyright 2001 by Randy Gilbert. Used by permission.
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