by Sandy Conard
(Green Bay, WI)
In my experience, there are three prevalent fears, beyond the fear regarding personal safety:
• Fear of Rejection, which is being made a fool or failure in the sight or presence of others.
• Fear of Change, which is charting unknown waters, being a pioneer, breaking tradition and sacrificing external security.
• Fear of Success, which is an expression of inadequacy in feeling we perhaps don’t deserve to achieve, combined with emotions of guilt when we do better than expected.
Zig Ziglar says that fear is False Evidence Appearing Real. Fear can shut you down if you choose to allow it, or it can be a fuel used to move you on to greater heights of achievement. This week, ask yourself which fear do you struggle most with and then start to work on ways to counteract and face your fears. —Denis Waitley