05 February 2009

Empowering Fearlessness in Turbulent Times

What if you could be 10 times bolder in the face of fear? How could your life be better right now if worry could be reduced significantly? Where would you act courageously if you could trust that all will be fine in the long run?

Coaches ask bold questions, designed to help clients keep their focus glued on an achievable vision of an ideal future -- questions like these. All of us have our growing edges, that line we're afraid to cross because the unknowns on the other side are too big. Many of us reinforce our fear and stagnation by telling ourselves catastrophe stories of imagined awful outcomes.

What if we took a different approach instead, one that is more empowering? One that looks fear in the eye.

Think about this:
  • Successful entrepreneurs feel the fear of failure all the time, they just don't let it stop them.
  • High achievers prioritize the potential gains of taking calculated risks over the known comforts of feeling safe.
  • Worry can be turned into supportive structures and practical action steps if we treat it as "just information."
  • Trust is a choice -- it's a decision to remember your own resilience and see an abundance possibilities.
What do you need to be more bold about? What's the first step you'll take in that direction?

What information is your worry giving you today? What productive choices can you make based on that information?

Will you decide to trust yourself, and your knowledge and abilities? What empowering one sentence can you believe about your ability to survive, no matter what?

There ya go -- coaching by blog! LOL