So far we have covered 8 Fabulous Motivators:

• 1. The Movers & Shakers
• 2. The Deal Breakers
• 3. The Momentum Builders
• 4. The Inspiration Generators
• 5. The Savvy Time Shoppers
• 6. The Day Simplifiers
• 7. The Outrageous Dreamers
• 8. The Pause Removers

Continuing with the ninth motivator …

10 Fabulous Motivators That Inspire You To Take Action

9. The Fear Busters

If it were up to fear, you would never reach anywhere. Paralyzed, you would spend a life constantly wanting to do something but not being able to because you are afraid.

It doesn’t matter how charged up and motivated you are, with fear and without courage you will not be able to take action. When you sit immobilized by fear, when motivation runs scarce in face of fear, The Fear Busters can get you going.

There are two ways you can make sure fear doesn’t get in your way -

Reduce Fear

The best way to beat fear is to not allow it to grow. Curb it down the moment it shows up, kill the bud of fear, don’t let it grow.

Like other negative emotions, fear starts in your mind. If you can control/deal with your thoughts, you can deal with anything.

To bust fear creating thoughts …

• Think extreme

  What’s the worst thing that could happen ?

  When thoughts of negative future, possibilities of things going wrong keep getting in your way, you might want to try this out – think of the worst possible thing that could happen to you in that scenario. If you can deal with that, you can deal with anything less worse that happens.

  To your surprise, you might find that the worst case possible is not as bad as you thought. You will be able to deal with it. This knowledge that no matter how bad things go, you can manage will not allow fear to grow.

• Think Baby Steps

  If you are probably like me, you want to make sure that nothing comes in your way. This means, you want to be clear of each and every step you are going to take, you want to know in advance how things are going to work out. But the truth is, it is not possible to even think up of all possible scenarios let alone manage each of them.

  When thought of unknown future stops you or when you get lost in a sea of plans, you might want to do this … take a deep breath and tell yourself one step at a time. You will think of just the next step to take. Whatever difficulties you see in future for yourself, you will deal with them if and when they arise. Mark Twain’s quote fits perfectly for what I have to say – “I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened” So why waste time thinking about them, why be fearful of something that might or might not happen.

• Think Not, Do

  While logic can be your best friend, it can easily become your worst enemy as well. If you are highly into logic, fear might be using your own strength against you. It is very difficult to go against well thought out reasoning. If you are someone who gives a lot of buts and cants, you might want to take a closer look at them. Ask yourself ‘is that so’ everytime you give yourself a reason why something is not possible or why you can’t do something. You might discover that you are holding yourself back … unknowingly of course.

  When you jump into unknown, when you want something big for yourself, you will always have to go beyond your current abilities. These buts and can’ts, these logical reasonings might be stopping you from growing. To grow, you have to stretch yourself, you have to be unreasonable with yourself and demand from you something which you thought is not possible for you. To be unreasonable, you will have to face fear.

  A simple tactic to use when you find yourself immobilized by can’t do thoughts … tell yourself you just want to give it a shot. You are going to try whole heartedly .. if you fail it’s all right. In short, give yourself permission to fail.

Find Courage

Fear breeds on lack of confidence. Literally. You doubt yourself and you open doors for fear to enter and take over.

Each and everyone of us is capable of creating miracles. There is no question about this fact. But lack of confidence can put a stop on any promise you hold.

When your belief in yourself is a bit shaky, you find courage to take action by …

• Relying On Past Success

  It’s amazing what you can do with success you have had.

  Close your eyes and remember times you had success … when you achieved something superb, when you did something extraordinary. Remember times when you found courage to do something great which surprised you. Revisit each of these victories and experience again the time you got that success, experience the feeling of being a success. Every experience you visit, will strengthen your belief in yourself and help you find motivation to take action.

  And when you visit these amazing journeys to success you have had, learn from them. Learn what did you do that worked for you. Learn how did you find courage then. Learn how did you find your motivation then. Learn everything you can, learn the secret of your own success.

• Relying on other people’s success

  It’s amazing what you can do with other people’s success as well.

  If you haven’t been victorious in your past, if you have not done anything extra ordinary so far, you can begin now. Read through inspiring passages, inspiring journeys that other people have had. There are so many people – known and unknown who have faced more difficulties than you have and still succeeded. Go through these amazing stories and get inspired.

  Look around to find people with success stories. And see whether you can learn from them. If you ask, most of them will gladly help you out, they will share with you what works for them. Learn their secrets and see how can you apply them in your life.

• Relying on loved ones

  Sometimes all you need is a vote of confidence. A thumbs up from friends, a you can do it from a loved one can work wonders on your confidence. When you don’t believe in yourself, ride through your entire journey based on belief that your loved ones have in you. Everytime you feel you are falling off the wagon, everytime you feel you are going down, go back to your loved ones to find confidence, to get motivated.

  People who love you will want to encourage you and help you succeed. But a lot of times they might not know how or when. Help them help you by telling them what you want and how. If you haven’t done this before, this might not feel right in the beginning. But over a period of time you will find that this works wonders. Your loved one will be able to help you get motivated and find courage to take action in no time.

Action Items:

• 1. Find one area where you are holding back. Take action.
• 2. Create a success journal. Notice your confidence rise right away. Keep the journal for future use.
• 3. Find people who have achieved what you want. Get motivated. Find a mentor from them.