The Visionary's Journey

6 Questions To Help You Glean Wisdom From Fear

Fear will emerge when you begin to take action toward your vision.

Because it's not a question of if but a question of when, the most important thing you can ask yourself is "what will I do when the fear emerges?"

Will you freeze, retreat, or surrender?

Or will you pause, take stock, and learn from it?

Fear is not an indicator that you should stop what you are doing, that you are on the wrong path, or that you are not up to the task.

Fear is an indicator that you are moving out of your comfort zone and is natural response to pursuing positive change.

As much as your conscious mind may want to make this change, there is most likely another part of yourself that isn't so sure. It's the part of you that wants to keep you safe, and so it strives to maintain the status quo and minimize risk and exposure to the unknown.

So as you begin to take action, thoughts emerge that attempt to keep you from moving any further from your current comfort zone.

But don't worry, as disconcerting as this can feel, fear does not need to immobilize you.

Instead, you can use it to learn powerful lessons that will help you move forward more effectively.

Here are six self-coaching questions that will help you transform your fear into wisdom.

Take your time answering these questions because some of the answers may be subtle and take a while to reveal themselves to you.

What is this a fear of? (failure, success, change, being seen, disappointing others, etc.)

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How does this fear manifest itself? When do you notice that you are feeling this fear?

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What is this fear trying to protect you from?

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What is this fear costing you?
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Now for a moment I want you to hold the belief that this fear is actually challenging you to learn a valuable lesson (you know, in the reverse psychology sort of way)...

What is the lesson that this fear is trying to teach you? (Do not answer this question from the internal voice of fear, instead answer it from your authentic self... that part of yourself that is wise and can see beyond your fear.)

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How will you apply this lesson so that you can continue to pursue your vision?

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Okay, that's it! Now apply this new awareness for it's in the application that true growth and personal evolution happens.

If you'd like to share your "aha"s from this self-coaching exercise, please feel free to email me at Erin@ErinCurranCoaching.com.

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