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Chapter 3: Letting Go of Fear
I’m going to be honest with you now: there’s a chance that you already know this deep down.
It makes logical sense that you should be making small, concrete steps to achieve your goals rather
than making bombastic plans to ‘become a rock star’ or abstract visions like ‘get richer’.
So what has been preventing you from doing that?
Two things:
1) It’s a lot of work – it’s much easier and more satisfying to dream big and get the reward that
comes from that, rather than face the reality of grinding towards your goals. We’ll be talking
about this more later in the book when we discuss how to stay motivated and stick at your
goals even when the going gets tough. Then there’s the matter of feeling it’s not the right
time: you procrastinate instead of looking for other work. Again, this just needs a bit of
rocketfuel, which we’ll be looking at later on.
2) You’re afraid. This is what I see so often and it’s what condemns so many of us to a dull and
unexciting lifestyle. We just don’t want to take that leap and put ourselves out there. And in
fact, it’s easier to imagine ourselves as being very successful and to pretend we’re going to
get around to it, than it is to put ourselves out there and risk having our ego shattered when
things don’t go our way.
We’re about to address that second issue. Because if you want to be successful, then it’s no good to
continue procrastinating or trying to put off taking that plunge!