Some of you already know that I am a big supporter of overcoming fear. If you have been following my art for any amount of time you may have noticed a common theme of self empowerment and badassery.
A lot of people assume that I am fearless because of the topics I tackle and the things I push myself to do in life. The truth is, I’m kind of afraid of everything, and when I say everything, I mean… EVERYTHING.
I think fear is an ongoing thing, like layers in an onion, the more you uncover, the deeper the layers can go.
I don’t think there are people out there that are completely fearless. I think they just handle their fears differently than most of us are used to.
I’ve developed the mindset that I would be more afraid of sitting on my ass and not following my dreams, than letting day after day go by without me taking action and conquering the things I fear.
I have four things that I do when facing a fear:
1. Go to war
Your brain is going to give you a line up of worst case scenarios. Use it, act as if you are giving yourself the opportunity to trouble shoot and prepare yourself for the worst thing that can happen and plan accordingly.
2. Will I regret not doing this?
Simply ask yourself if you would regret not having at least tried.
3. Blow your own mind.
Ask yourself four questions that follow this pattern:
- What would happen if I did this?
- What wouldn’t happen if I did this?
- What would happen if I didn’t do this?
- What wouldn’t happen if I didn’t do this?
It will blow your mind and breakdown any irrational logic you are using to stop yourself.
4. Stop thinking about it and just do it already.
Stop hesitating… plain and simple.
I go into more detail in this video and Klee tells a powerful story about her own experience with fear… it’s pretty awesome.
Let me know your thoughts on fear and how you overcome your own fears that may be keeping you from following your dreams.
