Fear and I have been in a massive battle
recently. It’s the first time in my
entrepreneurial journey that I have really let fear have a stronghold on
me. I believe it is a result of other
areas of my life that have been challenging, but for a while, fear had the
upper hand. I was fearful of failure,
fearful of risks, fearful of financial insecurity, fearful of what others will
think, and even fearful of growth. And
then I stepped back and punched fear in the jugular.
As entrepreneurs, we cannot allow fear to navigate our path, because the only path navigated by fear is destructive, full of unnecessary hurdles, and ultimately failure. The type of failure that could have been prevented; the type of failure that we are not proud of. So, today we are punching fear in the jugular and we are going to make those scary decisions for the growth of our companies, for our future.
Here are five quotes about fear that every
entrepreneur should know. I came across
these quotes in Entrepreneur magazine and had to share.
Fight your fears and you’ll be
in the battle forever. Face your fears
and you’ll be free forever. - - Lucas
Jonkman
We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets. - - Marilyn Monroe
Do
not fear mistakes. You will know
failure. Continue to reach out. - -
Benjamin Franklin
What Franklin said is perhaps the best way to think about fear, not as a thing to worry over, but to know that failures are a certainty in life but that you can choose to keep going forward toward your dreams and successes.
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