Made My Hair Stand On End!

Why did we act like that? We had planned, we had studied, we had analyzed those chart patterns until it got our knickers in a twist. And, we knew just how much risk we were willing to take, but still sat there as nervous as a pregnant possum!

And, you know what happened? Yep, you guessed it, our trade got away and we missed out on a great profit. Why? Fear of failure!

Then there were other times when trade went wrong way, so we would sit there and pat ourselves on back for being so "wise" and not letting that trade sucker punch us. Yeah, right, real wise!

My point is: fear of failure can paralyze best laid plans of mice and men. The fear of getting into those trades was causing our failure. Fear was causing failure, not inexperience, not lack of preparation, but fear.

Not Until Pigs Fly! How was it doing it? There is one thing you must never do with fear! Reason with it! Fear will always drag you down. It will always make you go backwards. Reasoning with fear will always take you away from your dream.

When you are reasoning with fear you are simply second guessing your decisions. Have you done your planning? Have you done your preparation? Have you assessed possible outcomes? Then take plunge and don't give reasoning a chance to immobilize you.

Getting into a habit of reasoning with fear will cause you to begin compromising what you expect and want from your goal. You will tell yourself, "Maybe I'm expecting too much." "Maybe I should settle for less."

When you begin reasoning like that, you will find it very easy to start settling for something less. Then, you will even begin reasoning that maybe you don't deserve what you got. Compromise like that a few times and you will begin losing what you got; not to mention what you want.

Taken To The Cleaners!

If you have some fear that is holding you back then realize this: Think of your mind as a container. In your mind there must always be a substance in there that motivates you. It can be fear or faith.

Don't allow yourself to become double minded. When you become double minded you're attempting to operate in faith and fear at same time. I.E. second guessing your decisions. One minute you're confident, next minute you couldn't punch your way out of a wet paper bag.

Believe me, I've been there, done that, and won T-shirt. If you want to rid yourself of fear, you must replace it with something else or it will come back. Faith is what you want to replace it with.

Your Mission In Life!

You cannot have an empty container. There will always be a force trying to fill that container with something. Don't let it be fear. Fear can't stay in your mind if you pull trigger by avoiding reasoning with fear.

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The Tortoise and Hare

Think of that nursery rhyme "The Tortoise and Hare." The slow tortoise who races fast, over-confident hare. The hare jumps out to a big lead then decides to take a nap during race. He falls asleep and tortoise wins. The End.

Well, imagine you're tortoise and you're racing hare. Now imagine two personality types:

Failure-Evader

Before race even begins you're debating your existence. "Why am I trying, there's no way I'll win! I'll just be laughing stock of all my tortoise friends!" you might ask yourself.

So you might decide to crawl into your shell and avoid race all together. "Let's just pretend nothing happened. There is no such race!" you might try to falsely convince yourself. I mean, at least you didn't fail, right? Albeit, you didn't even try in first place.

Success-Seeker

Before race begins, you're psyching yourself up. You're excited, maybe a little nervous, but you're ready to show world that you're ready. In fact, you've probably already done your research on hare, competition, racing conditions and environment itself. You were preparing for success.

During race you may realize that things aren't going as planned and you might be a few hundred metres behind. You start thinking: "I'm not giving up just yet, so how can I set myself for success?" You might look to your left and notice a special "tortoise-only" shortcut path or perhaps you notice some really fancy tortoise roller blades, (in fact they're jet fueled roller blades). Or just like nursery rhyme, you find complacent hare taking a nap and you end up winning race. Success-Seekers are able to make plans but adjust them when necessary. They're contingency planners and problem-solvers.

Risks + Challenges + Failures = Success

Are you more likely to crawl into your shell and give up instantly? At least you didn't fail (albeit you didn't try). Or are you more likely to find some other way to race? You might just find your competition complacent and end up winning race. That's what Success-Seeking is all about.

"You miss 100% of shots that you don’t take." --Wayne Gretzky

I think Gretzky was up to something. You can't succeed by avoiding failure. You can only succeed by embracing risks, challenges, and failures. At some point, one of your risks will pan out and you'll find yourself in first place! When you make it, you can pride yourself in being a Success-Seeker, and not just a Failure-Evader.

Oh and by way, there's a happy ending to our nursery rhyme. The Success-Seeking tortoise beat sleeping hare. The End.

Are you a Success-Seeker or a Failure-Evader? You decide.