Fear Is The Thief Of Dreams

How much do we miss out on with our lives because of fear? fear of rejection, fear of failure, or even fear of success.

It’s essentially human nature to be guided by our fears, this inbuilt fear mechanism has ensured the survival of humankind for many millions of years. Without fear, we may not have survived to be who we are today, but this same inbuilt survival mechanism, can also limit our true potential in life for financial success, or to follow our dreams. Many of our fears are adopted during our childhood, or even later in life through our normal life experiences. The way we interpret and analyse these experiences and the emotional response we attach to these experiences, will determine how much fear prevents us from putting ourselves in the way of that situation again.

Overcoming fear in not easy, fear is a powerful and not a very pleasant emotion, but in our lives, too much fear will prevent us from not only trying new things, but may prevent us from trying again if things do not work out the way we would have liked the first time. In life, there is no failure or rejection, there is just feedback. If we try something new, and things do not work out the way we had hoped, we have not failed, we have just received some feedback on how to do it better next time.

One of the greatest tales of overcoming the fear of rejection and failure was the story of Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken. He was 65 years old and the only assets he had were his pension cheque of US$99, and his secret chicken recipe. Colonel Sanders was rejected and knocked back 1008 times when trying to sell his secret chicken recipe to restaurants for a small take of the sales. On the 1009th time, a restaurant accepted his offer. Today Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets are found all over the world. It’s only because Colonel Sanders overcame the fear of failure and fear of rejection, did he eventually change the way the world ate chicken.

Overcoming our fears will eventually open our possibilities for human potential, and allow us to follow our dreams both personally and financially.

Quote.

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”