“No, I don’t have the talent.” , “What if my idea is rejected ?” , “Will I be laughed at for taking the road less traveled ?” , “Should I try it when there are already people doing it ?”, “ What if there is no market for the career that I want to choose ?”, “Do I have the right degree to pursue my dream ?”, “ Will I be able to finance my project ?”, “Am I too old to do it ?”, “Nothing has ever gone right, will this one click?”
Have these thoughts crept in the back of your mind when you wanted to do something that you truly loved? Have you feared doing something that you dreamt ages ago?
Fear, some might say, is necessary, it stops us from doing something stupid like falling in the river which has whirlpool or jumping from a mountain without aids. But most of the fears that we generally have are unnecessary, baseless, they simply hold us back from achieving something.
There is always a chance that something bad can happen, Everyone in the world has varying degrees of potentially bad things that can happen to them. Yet, some people don’t spend their days full of anxiety.
Because they just don’t think about it.
But here’s the thing: having the fear is natural. Letting it stop you from going after your dreams is a tragedy. Fear is a terrible thing if you let it control you.
How To overcome the fear that is stopping you from achieving your goals and dreams ?
Here are a few tips that could help :
1. Start small and reach your bigger goal by achieving smaller goals
2. Write down your fears and address them one by one
3. Remember nothing worthwhile comes easy. Stay strong
4. Stay away from negative thoughts and negative people
5. Lead from within by staying motivated
6. Have faith in You-the Powerful You
7. People will judge you no matter what you choose to do
8. Don’t expect to be a perfectionist in the very beginning. Improvise in the due course
9. Challenge all kinds of negative self-talk that happens within yourself
10. Let go things that doesn’t help you reach your goal
There are hidden treasures within you. Don’t let them vanish because of fear. You don’t need anybody’s permission to do things that you love. People love their opinion and so should you love your decision. Results of your work is not something that you should worry about much before starting it. Just do it when you love it with all your heart and put your best effort by staying focussed and things will eventually fall in place.
It is difficult undoubtedly, if it was easy everybody else would’ve done it. Instead of thinking- ‘Why now?’, think ‘Why not?’. Don’t quit before trying. Most things have been done already.But they have not been done by You. So it is okay to repeat. You need not be the creator always.
You know things. You will learn things that you don’t know over the course of time. Stop complaining and giving excuses as to why you cannot achieve something.
Remember your soul is waiting for you to achieve your dreams.
Don’t fear!Don’t give up on things you really want to do.
Never let your fear decide your future because quite often fear kills more dreams than failure ever will.
