What Is Your Fear? Name It And Get Unstuck!

When it comes to changing careers, starting a new business or looking for the next step in our professional life we often get stuck in our comfort zone, we do some initial steps to start our change but then suddenly FEAR to hold us back.

It is normal to be scared and even the most positive people feel the fear of changing.

Fear is a big thing and often we even don’t know what our deeper fear is.
Today post will help you to acknowledge, understand and start to manage your fear.

The most important thing is to know what are you afraid of.
Are you afraid of failure?
Are you afraid of success?
Are you afraid of disappointing yourself or others?
Are you afraid of making the wrong choice?
Are you afraid of what others will think about you?
Are you afraid that you are not good enough?

Then you can ask yourself some additional questions:

What scares me the most about going after my dream of getting the job I want/starting my dream business?
What is the worst thing that could happen if I didn’t make it or didn’t get the dream job/start my dream business?

Do a reality check:

How likely IT is going to occur?
And what can you do to prevent your worst fear to happen?

Whether it’s fear of failure, others’ judgements or a lack of self-confidence that’s holding you back, the solution is not to wait until you’re no longer afraid before making your move. The only way to achieve what you want is to TAKE ACTIONS despite your fears. So today I want you to “feel the fear and do it anyway”.

What small steps, “low risk” steps can you take today?

Starting small help! For example, you can put a sign on your mirror or computer I CAN DO IT, I AM MORE THAN ENOUGH, I CAN HANDLE IT, whatever your fear is.

I highly recommend you to read this book “The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women.” For the millions of professional women (and men) who experience the confidence-zapping “Impostor Syndrome,” Valerie Young offers an empowering plan to overcome the needless self-doubt that keeps them from feeling as intelligent and competent as everyone else knows they are. It changed my view of myself.

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Dominika Miernik

Dominika Miernik is an award-winning Career and Expat Coach with over 20 years of living and working abroad in countries like Poland, Italy, the UK and France. Over the past 10+ years, she has been helping expat and globally mobile women to create fulfilling careers and businesses around their international lives. She works with individuals and expat support organisations. And is a mentor for expat coaches.
Currently, she is enjoying a laptop lifestyle while travelling across Europe.

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