Feel the fear and do it anyway
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It’s the advise we all give each other. Not wanting fear to stop us from doing the things that matter. To do it scared. Feel the fear and do it anyway.
To not be diminished, get in our own way, or be less than we are capable of.
We encourage each other to be brave because we recognise that fear is there. Its is a noble position to take.
Yet there is rich and valuable role in the purpose and meaning, involved in our decisions. Fueling our motivation and signposting something important about who we are becoming, which is also at stake.
Why else would we make the uncomfortable and difficult decision, to choose to do things which scare us?
Surfacing and finding clarity, in why we make difficult decisions, gives us the tools to change how we experience them. Transforms our perspective and how we live with some of our fears.
Nerves can be excitement, fear can be uncertainty.
We can choose how to experience and understand the things that are uncomfortable, so that they don’t feel as scary.
We can choose to take pride in the strength and merits of our decisions. To do hard things, because of the people we are becoming. To let go of focusing on the things we can’t control, and attend to the things we can.
We can choose to experience pride and growth, instead of being scared or feeling fear.
All of us have been brave before. And we will continue to choose to do so again. Knowing why we make a decision to do something, to act - we can shift the focus to who it says we are becoming, rather than noticing what it is we are fearing. We can let go of the fear and focus on the growing.
We can choose to see a brave person, following a purposeful and courageous path. A person who has decided to choose to be braver.