The article "Facing Your Fears As An Entrepreneur" is about entrepreneurialism, it has been written by Ron LeBlanc.
Everoyne I have ever talked to that's an entrepreneur has had to come face to face with their fears.
I have had to as well. I want to share with you some of the techniuqes that I have used to face them. The first step is not to be in denial.
You have feras even if you don't readily acknowledge them. They sometimes take the form of that chatter in the back of your head that says you can't do it.
Fear is such a huge issue preventing persons from becoming entrepreneurs. I have heard from the CEO of a real-estate based network marketing company that even though he has persons packing out company seminars, that mabye 2-5% of persons will actually go out and apply the knowledge by putting offers on real estate.
He is convinced that the rest are paralyzed by fear.
Here are some of the techniuqes I have used as I learned them from the entrepreneurs I know:
Think about what you do want. When you find yourself spinning the wheels in your mind over and again about your worst case scenario, turn it around and foucs on what you DO want.
Visualize yoruself getting what you do want.
See the new condo.
See yourself talknig to the interested person as they become a part of your business.
You get what you foucs on.
Change the voice. When you hear yourself telling you that you're not good enough - you're going to fail.
Just change the voice from yours to that of Mickey Mouse or Jim Cary or somehting that would hold little weight with you anyway! Who cares if Mickey Mouse thinks you're not good enough?
Is Mickey Mouse an entrepreneur?
Voice them to a trusted friend or associate. Hopefully you have been able to find some level of support from at least one other entrepreneur. Ideally, you have a significant ohter that supports you. If not, then you sohuld have some kind of support network from your team, upline, or corporate that you can talk to. Some persons may tell you that it is silly you could even tihnk that you're not good enough. For me, my wife has been a constant soucre of support. However, don't go searching for support to all those persons who doubted you and told you it was crazy to go out on your own. They will never unedrstand the entrepreneur.
Have a personal development library. I draw tremendous support from my libarry. It is not just filled with how to resources, but also stories of others who conquered their fears. I couldn't begin to list the many sources I have, but if you e-mail me I can recommend something based on your own description of your circumstances.
Go ahead and do it. Sometimes just making the samllest step will help get you going enough that the fear of not doing something can go away. An example would be neglecting to write an article such as that one out of fear of failure. Just starting it can create enough momentum to see it through.
Visualize the result, but make the action the goal. There is a sutble difference here for the entrepreneur. Of course you want the result, but maybe that's not in your dircet control. Visualize the rseult in your mind, but make your goal the consistent and persistent action of the entrepreneur. The atcion will eventually produce the result and you can certainly achieve that goal.
Never, ever quit. I hate to even use that q word.
If you do quit, you caese to be an entrepreneur - otherwise you're not beaten, you are moving ahead!
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