In my quest for personal self development, I ran across a TED Talks video by Tim Ferriss that spoke to me. Tim suffers from bipolar disorder which I've dealt with a lot in my family. I often find myself helping others deal with their fears before they can reach their goals. Yet we always start with the goal first and work backwards.
Tim recommends that instead of focusing on our goals and pushing our fears down or ignoring them, that we address them first. If we define our worst case scenarios, and break them into manageable parts, then we can take actions to help prevent any obstacles from us reaching our goals. This is a brilliant strategy for folks like me who are worry warts. It negates all those what ifs, by actually analyzing them and focusing on solutions that help alleviate those fears.
After watching Tim's video I was left with the question, okay now what? How do I go about this? Well of course the universe heard me and answered this morning. While listening to a national conference call with Jim Bunch of Powur, this exact TED Talks by Tim Ferris was referenced. Jim elaborated, giving me a formulated system that I can use to compartmentalise, dissect and neutralise my fears. I won't go into detail here about the process but it's brilliant for me.
I intend to use this strategy to help me overcome several self-defeating fears in the next few weeks. If you'd like to hear about my progress, or even join me on this journey, I will be happy to let you know how it goes or support you in doing the same. Just comment below or message me personally.
In the mean time, take ten and watch this video by Tim Ferriss: Why you should define your fears instead of your goals
TedX Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_ferriss_why_you_should_define_your_fears_instead_of_your_goals
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