What holds us back from doing something we want to do or try?
Why do we do what we do and why do we not do what we don’t do?
How do we decide what to do or what not to do?
What factors do you take into consideration when making a decision?
Decisions are hard. Do they have to be or do we simply make them more complex than they need to be?
How many times in our lives have we been told, “You can’t do that because…“ or “I don’t think you should try that because…” or some other veiled version of those?
Did you do/try it anyway or just give up, move on, and never look back?
How much different would your life have been if you had done/tried even one of those things?
The greatest teacher in life is experience. Mark Twain once said, “Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions.”
What experiences have passed you by because of a bad decision.
Let’s try something; except this time let’s substitute the word “fear” for “bad decision”.
What experiences have passed you by because of fear? (or perhaps fear of failure??)
Now, it may not be your fear that caused you to pass on an experience, but maybe a fear projected by a loving, protective parent, spouse, or close personal friend.
Example: “What if you take that interview, get the job and move? What about me?
That’s someone else’s fear being projected onto you. Maybe, rightfully so, but still, don’t you deserve the opportunity to investigate the opportunity based upon how you feel?
Don’t allow your fear or the fear projected by others determine your path.
Be like the train in “The Engine Engine That Could”. Start with “I think I can. I think I can. I think I can.” Then be like Nike and “Just do it”!
I’ll wrap up with the following…
There’s a song in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” which contains the line (repeated multiple times)… “Don’t dream it. Be it”…
Take those words to heart!
Don’t allow fear to stop you! If you dare to dream it, you can dare to be it!”
After all, it’s YOUR decision.
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