Make it an adventure and do it! If one of my clients is having a difficult time getting started on their plan, I ask what they've done that hasn't worked and then we discuss other options. Try these options for ideas: ~~Be creative and have fun. Design most creative vision you've ever dreamed about! Design your first dreamboard. www.coachmaria.com/articles/dreamboards.html ~~Start a planning box. For "x" months, everytime you get an idea of what might be in your plan, put thought on a piece of paper and put it in your box. Pick a date you'll put your ideas into a plan.

Take a good look at your current beliefs about life you're creating. Pick up a copy of Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom. It's a small book jam-packed with wonderful information on beliefs. Make sure what you believe is really "you". Don't get stuck in someone else's vision.

Purchase book I use with my business clients The One Page Business Plan. It's a fun, tips-full, fill in blanks, clouds, answer-the-questions type workbook. Use it to create your business or personal plan. Go somewher serene for a weekend and complete 5 parts of your plan. Or you can close your house for a day by quieting phone, using pre-made or order out meals, etc.). Spend a self- caring time creating your plan. Take a look what Jim Horan, author, writes about business plans. "Writing allows others to participate in your dreams and give you feedback" Writing is a tool to help you ... ~~see what you're thinking ~~turn your dreams into something "real" ~~go for clarity you desire ~~stay focused ~~get prioritized ~~take immediate action ~~help you remember what it is you wanted to do

Once you write your vision, try it on for size. Learn to stretch, "act as if", make small changes, or make some big changes to your vision. If it feels good, keep it. If it doesn't adjust it further. Main thing is to be comfortable with it. Remember quote about insanity that goes like this "insanity is doing same things over and over again expecting different results". "Try on" new concepts, new ways of doing things, and recommendations from others. Coaches are especially good at assisting you as you s t r e c h, s t r e c h, and then s t r e c h some more! So stretch right into your vision!

I bet that once your vision has been formalized, you'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner! And you'll be amazed at time it takes to do vs. time (and energy) you've invested just thinking about doing it!

That folks, is false load of Fear you "allowed" to invade and dominate your mind. All for nothing and what needless suffering and a complete waste of life energy!

Fear is imaginary mountain that hides horizon.

The moment you feel Fear - face it - and eject it - instantly! Every time you feel invisible foe injecting it's venom into your thoughts - STOP!! And YOU re-take control of your thinking process. Outa here! Fear is false, and evil! What you imagine will never come to pass. That's ALWAYS reality so why even think those thoughts?

Learn and practice this, for when has what you Feared ever become your reality?

Fear is greatest inhibitor to progress of mankind.

"Fear is excitement without breath." Robert Heller

Conquering Fear!

You and I will always feel Fear. The key is to not feel it for long. Split seconds of time actually. It's a matter of twisting irrational emotion into a usable force for betterment of our own lives.

Make Fear your Motivator! The moment you begin to feel Fear, immediately turn it into fuel you need to keep your fire raging! You feel Fear almost always when something is "worthy" of invading of your comfort zone. Like risk for a much greater gain! Begin to recognize that dark feeling of Fear is in almost all cases a prelude to a brighter future.

Look at it this way, if you DON'T feel Fear over a particular situation, then it's not significant enough to warrant your consideration. That's how powerful an indicator Fear is! And that's all Fear should ever be!

At most, let Fear be but just that momentary Storm before Calm. USE Fear instead of allowing it to use YOU.

Let Fear Fortify, not cripple you!

"Do thing you Fear to do and keep on doing it... that is quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer Fear." Dale Carnegie

"Fear is met and destroyed with courage." James F. Bell

Fear and Ice Cream?

If we only opened our minds a little more often we would see a limitless source of strength in our children. Children are wise beyond belief as they Know No Fear! I ask you to take a little more of your time right now to read true story of a brave young girl named Teri. The Ice Cream 'Comb' Story is very close to my heart and a continual source of strength for me. See, story is about my daughter: mailto:icecream@interniche.net?subject=TheIceCreamCombStory

Fear and Prayer?

I wish to close this article by sharing with you what I believe is "required equipment" to fight and beat Fear once and for all. Essentially, that is a core belief system centered on those things we both deserve and should strive for. I was able to express how I felt about this in an article called The Entrepreneurs Prayer, which I invite you to not only read, but also really think about: mailto:prayer@interniche.net?subject=TheEntrepreneursPrayer

I can not express how I feel about Fear, or rather freedom of living without Fear, more effectively than E. E. Eddison:

"He without Fear is king of world."

My wish for you is to Know No Fear!

Be Fearless, and Flourish!

Rick is the author of 3 top-selling eBooks at: http://www.interniche.net/ebooks.htm and the purveyor of those amazing traveling billboards called I.D. IT! Plates: http://www.iditplates.net