Check out my websites: NancyJacksonAuthor.com NancyJacksonTraining.com Click HERE to get your FREE eBook How To Go From Hobby To Business For Next To Nothing Follow me here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyJacksonAuthor Twitter: https://twitter.com/NAJackson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/najackson/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/nancyannjackson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyajackson/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NancyJackson TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nancyajackson?lang=en You may claim you are not afraid, but let me challenge you to dig a little deeper. Stay tuned. Fear is a multifaceted thing. We understand terror when in a life-threatening situation. We also understand the butterflies of stage fright. How about all our little phobias such as the fear of heights, water, and speaking before an audience? But, let’s talk about one today that is rarely, if ever, mentioned. Fear disguising itself as wisdom. Wisdom says don’t start your own business now, look at the economy. When the wise thing is to actually start that business and grow it so you are not at the mercy of layoffs because of the economy. Wisdom says you don’t have the time or the money to start a business. When the wise thing is to learn how to start and grow a business on a budget in your spare time. Wisdom says don’t step out and buy new equipment for your business. When the truly wise thing to do is invest in new equipment so that you can grow and better service your customers. I’ve seen so many people excuse their fear as wisdom. They are afraid to take a chance and explain it away as a wise act. The wise take risks in order to grow. The wise learn how to do what they want rather than never starting. The wise decide they will follow their dream in spite of the fear. And what is this fear crouching as wisdom? It is the fear of failure. Once a lady that I coached was crippled by fear in her business and didn’t even realize it. All of her business practices were guided by a deep sense of fear of failure. As we talked, I saw her father had pounded this into her and she was growing up. It sounded right to her after many years in that household. We love our parents and respect them, therefore we believe in them. Besides that constant philosophy being drilled into her, she suffered an unspeakable family tragedy. It was the perfect storm for fear to engulf her for years to come. Through our sessions, she realized that what she had thought was wisdom was actually fear and would bring her business down faster than a risky financial move. We are both faith filled Christians, and I encouraged her in biblical business practices. We continued to meet with her, asking me an abundance of questions. When you see one thought process was wrong, you been to bring all thoughts under scrutiny. We met for several weeks and I loved seeing her break free from the fear. In our last meeting, I was so glad to see the light in her eyes and the excitement on her face. She had just made some large purchases to further her business. She had taken every bit of advice I had given her and implemented it. Her business was growing and flourishing and even though she still had butterflies before hitting that purchase button, she was able to move forward courageously. Before you once again brush off any thought that you harbor any undiscovered fears, let’s just take a breath. If you are so confident that you don’t, what is the harm in the exploration if there is nothing to find? Take a moment to answer these questions. Not in the comments, but on your own to yourself. Question #1 - Have you been waiting for the ‘right’ time to step out to follow a dream you’ve had for a long time? And you are still waiting? There will never be a perfect time. Just like having a baby, there will never be a perfect time, but when it happens, the time is perfect. This may be a fear of not being able to control the outcome. You may feel that if you can ‘wait’ until all conditions are seemingly perfect, then you will succeed. But, my guess is this may just be an excuse that you are simply afraid of stepping out. Question #2 - What is your greatest avoidance when it comes to business? Are you afraid of running out of money? Are you afraid that you won’t have customers? Are you afraid that you will look like a fool? Are you afraid of what people will say? You say none of these, yet you don’t step out and start the business that you’ve always wanted to. None of those questions above are failure. Most super financially successful entrepreneurs have run out of money more than once. They just start all over. If you have confidence in your product and believe that it has a beneficial use, or if your skill or talent is valued by others. You will have customers. The key is finding them with the right marketing. Who’s opinion matters to you? Who are you concerned you will look like a fool to? We can’t afford ...
