Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. Helen Keller Overcoming fears might appear simple in concept, but the actual application of the techniques is never easy, especially for the person directly involved. Depending on the intensity of the fear, [...]
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Getting beyond your fear of public speaking
There are three things to aim at in public speaking: first, to get into your subject, then to get your subject into yourself, and lastly, to get your subject into the heart of your audience Alexander Gregg When someone asks you to speak, do you look and/ or feel like that guy in the [...]
Enemies of Adaptive Energy and An Antidote
Enemies of Adaptive Energy and An Antidote Adaptive energy is the force that propels you to reach your dreams, pointing you toward the goal line and warning when you go off course. Steven Snyder Adaptive energy is the energy we need to move productively forward, to stay focused on what we desire, to [...]
Managing your fear of rejection
A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success. Bo Bennett We all have all had those moments when we just don’t feel particularly comfortable with ourselves. Sometimes, you might feel yourself wondering whether other people actually like you, or not. This is a normal part of being human. [...]
Managing your anxiety
Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. Arthur Somers Roche Have you ever found yourself in a situation that made you break out in a sweat, felt your heartbeat racing, and suddenly notice that you were [...]
Are you paralyzed by your fear of failure?
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there [...]
9 Steps from fear to freedom
“The key to change… is to let go of fear.” Rosanne Cash Every successful person has had to deal with fear at some point in their lives. That old adage that “the road to hell is paved with good intentions” may be true, but it is also true that the road to success is littered [...]
Get Over Your Fear
“The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.” ~ Sven Goran Eriksson Even though we may each define success a bit differently, we all know that fearful individuals are rarely very successful. Your fear can keep you from succeeding and becoming what you wish to become. Fear stops or [...]
How To Run a Successful Meeting
If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be ‘meetings.’ Dave Barry We have all been helpless and hapless victims or been held hostage to the time-suck of non-productive meetings. Some meetings happen simply because they [...]
If only… De-victimizing yourself
We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves. Marilyn Manson If only… We’ve all been in those meetings or situations where we have a pretty good idea what must be done, but we just can’t do it. We know it is [...]
Stop Sabotaging Yourself!
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the ‘someday I’ll’ philosophy. Denis Waitley Are you living in [...]
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