“When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.”Ralph Waldo EmersonFear.It’s so easy to get stuck in it.
To let it hold you back.I have been there many times in my life.The fear has, for example, held me back from:The fears we have are based in how we think about things.
Destructive thought habits can create a lot of fear that is really unnecessary and damaging.But there are also ways to handle these habits when they pop up and to – over time – replace them with healthier habits.So today I’d like to share 6 destructive and fear-inducing thought habits and what to do instead of letting them roam free in your head.1.
You keep the fear foggy and undefined.As long as your fear of doing something is foggy and undefined and just floating around in your head it will hold you back and often grow stronger with time.What to do instead:Ask yourself this question: what is the worst that could realistically happen?And don’t just take a second or two to answer it.Sit down with a pen and piece of paper.