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.

Gently embrace it your fear. Imagine it. Visualize it. What does it look like? Hear it, if you can. What might it sound like? Does it have a name? Remember, you have created this fear and continue to create it, so you have developed this fear for a reason. Its original purpose was to protect you, but now it’s holding you back. Release it!

Step 3: Don’t identify with your fear.

Fear of failure is not you. Your fearful thoughts have created an emotion, but you are not your thoughts or your emotions. Emotions come from thoughts, and all thoughts are fleeting and temporary. Use the image you created in Step 2 to understand that your fear is not you.

Step 4: Be free of fear.

What would your life be like if you were in control of fear of failure? Can you see what you would be like? How you would sit, walk, and move about? Can you imagine what it might feel like to face the challenges that used to hold you back? Can you hear how you would speak if you were free of your fear?

These are powerful steps, but they take your full engagement. Be bold – it’s the only way to master the fear.

For questions about this post or for information on becoming a fearless leader, contact Dr. Cathy Greenberg and The Fearless Leader Group at (888) 320-1299 or by email at hello@fearlessequalsfreedom.com.

What have you found in this exercise? How have you been able to identify your fear of failure? Thanks for sharing.

In the next blog, we’ll explore common misconceptions of failure.

For questions about this post or for information on becoming a fearless leader, contact Dr. Cathy Greenberg and The Fearless Leader Group at (888) 320-1299 or by email at hello@fearlessequalsfreedom.com.