| Have you ever really wanted to do something but fear | | | | threatening or change your life for the worse. |
| has held you back? Fear sometimes can be a positive | | | | 2. Define your fear on a scale of 0-10. Zero being not |
| emotional feeling. For example, when you are under | | | | scared at all, to 10 that could be life changing. You may |
| attack by a vicious dog, the best things to do is run | | | | notice that most things are around three to four. |
| away and not confront the dog. However, in other | | | | Rarely, the fear scale will be more than eight. |
| situation, fear can be an irrational emotion. For instance, | | | | 3. Determine the benefit of doing the fearful things. |
| most people are afraid of flying because they think the | | | | Most people I know are talented in so many things and |
| plane will crash. In fact, studies have shown that the | | | | have a lot of potential. These people will never achieve |
| likelihood of dying in a plane crash is the same as | | | | the full abilities because of the fear they have. If they |
| winning in a lottery and is safer than driving a car. | | | | consider the positive benefits then they might |
| To conquer your fear, all you need to do is the | | | | reconsider of doing it. |
| following things: | | | | 4. The absolutely best way to conquer fear is to |
| 1. Find out what is the worst case scenario. If you think | | | | swallow your pride and plunge into it. Don't think about |
| about it carefully, the worst case isn't so bad after all. | | | | it and just do it. Confronting your fears full on will make |
| Determine if the thing that you are doing is life | | | | you mentally stronger. |