“I will never quit.” That statement is not just a phrase on Captain Iván Castro’s Army Special Forces insignia. It’s both a statement of purpose as well as the philosophy by which he lives his life. Tip of the Spear, a publication dedicated to supporting our troops, perfectly illustrated this story of Captain Iván Castro. […]
“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch Fearless leaders are comfortable being uncomfortable. It’s the discomfort that you’ll feel when you’re being courageous. It’s the nervousness you might have before new job interview. It’s the pressure you feel coming up against an important deadline. It’s the butterflies in an […]
Most people don’t like to fail, and if you personalize failure – such as failing at a new business, job or marriage – it’s really easy to misinterpret that failure as meaning, “I’m a failure” or “I’m a loser.” But you’re not! When you work at something that’s important to you and it doesn’t work […]
The Four-Step Mastery of Fear These four very simple steps can help you master many of your fears, including the fear of failure. Step1: Identify your fear. Write down what you are afraid that you’ll fail at. By naming it you’re on the way to taming it. Step 2: Embrace your fear of disempowering it. […]
We’ve been helping identify the nine faces of fear of failure in order to provide you with techniques to overcome the fear of failure and to come to terms with it. Here are faces #5 through #9. Fear of Failure Face #5: Rationalizing After losing a big deal, a leader or sales rep says, “I […]
Here and in the next blog we will help you identify the nine faces of fear of failure. By doing this, we will provide you with techniques to overcome the fear of failure and to come to terms with it so you can focus your mind on successfully attaining your goals and dreams. Fear of […]
Now that you know how to increase your courage, let’s dive into the fear of failure and how to gain mastery over it. Fear of Failure: A Ubiquitous Block to Success Fear of failure is a ubiquitous block to success. It exists at both the conscious and subconscious levels of your mind. If fear of […]
In the last few blogs, we’ve been exploring how you can build courage, and access those reserves of courage that every leader, especially every fearless leader, possesses. Here, we’re going to help your courageous memory by taking you through a series of steps, to create what I call the PFP, or past, future, past sandwich […]
In the my last blog, I began taking you through a series of questions to help you reflect on your life, your career, your relations. In this way, I wanted to lead you toward being able to build your reserves of courage. Here we’ll look at the next technique. Instant access to courage All of […]
In the next few blogs, I’d like to take you through a series of questions that will help you reflect on your life, your career, your relations. The answers will help you see how you may react to failure, how prepared you are to engage in failure as a way to succeed. Take time to […]
