Fears and the Excuses - How to Make Friends With Your Fears

in life •  3 years ago 

Identify your fears, and make friends with them. You'll be more likely to take action when you know what your excuses are, and then you'll have more confidence to go out and face your fears. Then, take a risk! What have you been waiting for? Start living your life by overcoming your fears today! You can do it! Read on for more tips! Tagged Fears and the Excuses


Making friends with your fear
Often, making friends with our fear isn't easy. It requires courage, humility, and a healthy reliance on other people. In fact, fear is a natural part of our emotional make-up, so learning to listen to it can help us achieve our goals. To make friends with fear, you need to practice identifying and naming it, and then practicing being in its presence. Here are some tips to make friends with your fear:

First, understand that ninety percent of our fears never happen, and the remaining ten percent can be handled in a better way than we think. When faced with your fear, instead of waiting for it to pass, move forward. Focus on your aspirations instead of waiting for perfection. By doing so, you will develop greater self-confidence. Even if you don't get it right the first time, the practice will help you build resilience and emotional literacy.

Identifying your excuses
Identifying your excuses and fears is crucial to making progress in life. People who make excuses are usually lacking the motivation, creativity, and willingness to take action. Consider the lives of multi-millionaires. Many of them did not have a college degree. Yet, they were able to achieve their goals because of their creativity and willingness to work hard. People who make excuses also lack the perspective, patience, and determination that they need to achieve their goals.

Many of us make excuses because we do not have the skills, confidence, or experience we need to succeed. In some cases, we are unable to learn the skills we need to succeed. We must develop those skills or we will be permanently stuck. By understanding your excuses, you can overcome them. If you are afraid to try new things, you can ask friends or colleagues to show you how they overcome their excuses.

Taking a chance
Sometimes we are afraid to take a risk. We hesitate to try new things, such as hobbies or careers. We might even hesitate to change our lifestyles, unless we feel that it will lead to a better future. We make excuses to ourselves to stay in our current situation, instead of embracing new opportunities that might make our lives richer and more fulfilling. If you're like most people, you probably don't want to risk your feelings, and you're afraid of making mistakes.

Taking action
Rather than relying on excuses and fears to keep us from taking action, we should instead be willing to embrace the unknown. There will always be obstacles along the way, but the payoff for not taking action is great. In addition to avoiding the unknown, we may feel like a victim of negligent or incompetent parenting. So, how do we overcome our fears and excuses? Here are some tips for overcoming your fears and excuses.

First of all, we need to realize that our excuses are a symptom of a lack of perspective, understanding, or resources. So, our first step should be to accept that we are afraid. Next, we need to acquire more resources and knowledge about our predicament. Once we have the information and resources needed, we can then move on to taking action. This process is known as reframing.

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