5 Steps To Overcome Fears That Are Holding You Back

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3. Imagine the worst thing that can happen

What are your worst fears? Failing in your career? Not being successful? Not being good enough? Imagine what will be the worst things that can happen to you? Robert Fulghum in his book 'Uh-oh - Some Observations From Both Sides Of The Refrigerator Door', says "if you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat if your house is on fire - then you've got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience". So imagine the worst case scenarios be okay with them, then you will no longer be a slave of your fears.

4. Prepare yourself

How are you going to face your fear? "When you're going to take on an adversary, you prepare yourself. You arm yourself, and have a battle plan, and train yourself. Do this in your battle against your fear: arm yourself, have a battle plan, train yourself", says Leo Babauta. " If you want to be a musician but you fear failure ... practice, practice, practice, then come up with a plan to succeed, then get all the skills and info you need to implement the plan, then practice some more."

So learn, prepare and plan to overcome your fears. If your fears include public speaking, then learn how to deal with it here.

5. Be in the moment

Have you noticed that most of our fears 'exist' in future? Fear of failing, fear of being abandoned or fear of not being good enough - they all exists in future. We get caught up in worrying about what might or might not happen. The best thing to do is eliminate all thoughts of the future and past and live in present. Do something right now to beat your fears, to pursue your dreams, and forget about what might happen. Just do it, now, at the moment.