Reinvention Tips: Leaving Fear Behind

Monday, April 28, 2008

Choosing to reinvent is not always going to be easy. As a matter-of-fact, it can feel downright daunting; depending on how far you plan on stretching out of your comfort zone.

I want you to think about how many times you have put off making a monumental decision, procrastinated or repressed an emotion because you were too fearful of the result? And think about after you’ve made the decision, how often did you discover that it was a lot easier than you imagined and even found it relieving? If you’re anything like me, you probably said, “Many times.” Yet we continue to do it.
In my memoir, Undercover Angel, I had many references for not taking swift action in areas I knew I needed to change. Looking back, every single fear I had turned out to be an unwarranted fear.

Knowing full well that nothing is ever as bad as we think, we still get stuck in our own immobilizing fear patterns.

I have a solution to this:

Consider making a list of the perceived fearful events in your lives. The events that you focused so much energy into that later proved to be a piece of cake or at the very least a mild inconvenience?

I believe having these references available for immediate access will reduce the amount of time we spend in indecision when making your next reinvention choice.

Sometimes all it takes is having a reference from our own lives immediately available to give us the courage we need to make our next step.

“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.”
M. Scott Peck

Lisa Lockwood is a Speaker, Author and Reinvention Expert
She can be reached at Lisa@LisaLockwood.com www.LisaLockwood.com

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Labels: life changes, Lisa Lockwood, reinvention, self-esteem, Undercover Angel

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