Fear

I don't know about you, but after that I have gone through in my life, I don't think that I am afraid of much.  However...is that really true?  After doing an honest and thorough inventory of what my fears really are, I find that I still have many fears that hold me back today.

It is in my nature to protect myself from those fears with other positive thoughts and with keeping myself busy in life.  How can I really move forward if I do not address them...and I don't mean to just acknowledge that I have them.  I mean to actually do a "Fear" inventory where I write out what I am afraid of, the causes that I see of those fears, how they affect me and my mistakes from allowing those fears to continue. 

Many people say that they have a fear of public speaking.  I would say to that is to dig deeper and find out why that really is.  Like for myself, I am not afraid to speak in front of 500+ people, as I have done many times, but I am afraid to speak on something where I might feel vulnerable and where people may think that I am stupid when I speak.  Hence, it is easy for me to speak on my story or something that I have gone through or something that I think that others are wanting or willing to hear.

How about the FEAR that stops me from doing what I know is what I want to do and can be very rewarding financially and help others?  I have a past that haunts me, I am venturing out on this all by myself and it is easy to just keep doing the same things that I have been doing in day in and day out.  In a way, reverting back to my "Why?" blog, why am I not doing what I know I want to do and can do NOW??  Ok then, just like I never imagined that I would be writing  a blog, my new goal for the week is to start doing something in the real estate world that will get me back into the game.  Like one of my favorite quotes states:  "You will miss 100% of the shots you do NOT take"