Fear is a complex emotion. It serves as a natural warning system built into our minds and bodies that allows us to recognize and avoid danger. In many circumstances, fear can save your life. You wouldn’t jump in front of moving car, or try to hand-feed a wild boar would you?. For the most part, fear does a good job of keeping us safe. However, fear does more than just help us avoid danger. Sometimes avoiding danger isn’t possible. Sometimes “safe” isn’t the right place to be. Sometimes fear is exactly what you need to confront and conquer an obstacle in your life.

Fear Itself is Nothing to be Scared of

Fear can empower you. Fear can kick you into high gear. Fear can heighten your senses. Fear can give you a new-found sense of urgency and purpose. Fear can even give you super-human strength. An animal is most dangerous when cornered, when the hope of escape is lost, and all alternatives have been extinguished. This holds true whether that animal is antelope surrounded by a pack of wolves, a star athlete playing in the championship game, or an entrepreneur launching a new business. Fear must not be avoided, it must be utilized.

Embrace the Fear.

Do you know when your making the right moves? When you scared shitless, yet you still press on. At that moment, you stop existing and start living. There is no joy greater than when you are in the moment, actually DOING what your own body and mind said that you could not do. So seek out the fear. Hunt for it. Embrace it. Run to it. Open yourself up to it. Use it. Avoiding what we are most afraid of keeps us from living our lives to the fullest. Only after we face our fears, stare down our demons, and stand up to our Goliaths can we free ourselves from our self-imposed shackles and truly WIN at life.

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