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| 4 KEYS to Developing Your Courage...When Creating the Life You Love! |
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Dr. Janette Marie Freeman |
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I believe someone said, “Courage is not the absence of fear. It is the strength to be who and what you are-- despite the fear!” Here are four steps we can take to develop courage and let go of the fears that stop us from achieving our goals and living the life dreams are made of:
1. Recognize the fear. Don’t make excuses and call it something else.
You cannot overcome or move through your fear if you don’t recognize it as such. You can blame someone else, you can call it impossible or you can just admit that you are afraid. Once you admit that fear is operating, you can begin to change it.
2. Gain understanding from the fear. What am I basing this fear on?
Fear can lead you to a deeper understanding of yourself, your beliefs and the inner dialogue that is going on inside you. When stopping to ask the question, “What am I basing this fear on?” you may begin to hear the voice of fear and analyze it for its merit--or lack of merit. For example, when facing a business decision that could prosper and empower your life, you may experience fear based upon some annoying inner voice that is saying things like, “You cannot do this next step, you could fail, you don’t know enough, what will others think, you need to learn more,” …blah, blah, blah. When you stop and really look at why you’re experiencing fear and realize it may just be the old, familiar voice of doubt, you can begin to look beyond it, ask the voice to settle down, and build your confidence based upon real facts and actual experience.
3. Commit to Courage. Unless you have a commitment, you will not persist past the fear. You must have enough reasons to want to live a life you love. With a strong desire for a greater life, it will be easier to commit to courage, the strength to persist even beyond the fear. You must persistently reprogram yourself for success and courageous actions. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk. Talk to yourself in a way that honors and empowers you. Tell yourself supportive things, like, “I can do this, I have what is needed and the support I need. I can do this.”
4. Face the fear. Feel the fear and do it anyway. Honor your courage, and take action. Only through action will you begin to experience greater courage.
• Honor yourself every time you face a fear, especially the little ones.
• Courage is built one success at a time. You are successful every time you try!
• Once you have admitted it is only fear holding you back, you can move through it. Move right through the middle like a courageous warrior.
• Remember, parachutes weren't proven trustworthy by having people carry them around on their backs. The device showed its worth once someone jumped!
Inspirational speaker, author and coach, Dr. Janette Marie Freeman is the director of Empowered Living Institute, which offers empowering classes and seminars, and is the author of “Why Did This Happen to Me Again? Your Keys to Lasting Transformation” and is co-author with Dr. Wayne Dyer, and Deepak Chopra in “Wake Up… Live the Life You Love-In Spirit”. To receive your FREE copy of the popular, Live Richly newsletter, visit: www.janettemariefreeman.com |
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