Ali Baba and his Den of Thieves could never have plundered as much wealth, peace of mind, love and joy as one mind paralyzed with fear could take. One of things, that I found, that often prevent us from putting on our best dog and pony show is timidity. And, to add insult to injury timidity rears its ugly head right at moment of our strongest inspiration.

Yea, And Then As Luck Would Have It.

And then all boldness we could possibly muster just melts like a snow ball on a hot July day. Whether we admit it or not, we are just a little bit afraid of those ideas when they first occur to us and, also for awhile after we have thought about them.

Now this may seem a little over rated and silly, but, there is no doubt about it. It takes a certain amount of boldness to step out and place ourselves between devil and deep blue sea. Yet, it is exactly this kind of boldness that often creates our place in sun.

When an idea is untested, we have no past history to base our confidence on. So, this creates a little fear and starts that little voice inside our head talking to us. And, it says things like; what if you're wrong? What will you do then? What will you tell your family? Why don't you just forget this cock and bull idea? You know how gullible you are.

Maybe I Better Cover My Backside!

And then we answer that little Ali-Baba voice and say to ourselves, "yes, maybe I better think this through a little more". All you've done, at that point, is began a wrestling match with your own head. At this point, you have obviously done a significant amount of preparation and planning. And, NOW, at moment of truth, you get as nervous as a pregnant possum.

Have you ever noticed that it's at moment of decision when fear arises? Have you ever noticed that you're as bold as a Lion up until moment when it's time to step out of boat and walk on water? And, at that moment, you start clucking like a chicken. Why didn't you cluck when you first got idea?

Well, That's A Fine Kettle Of Fish!

Well, there was no need to then. It was only a figment in your imagination; something that deserved no attention, at that moment, and certainly not deserving of any emotional energy. So, we continue planning and making preparations until that idea is ready for baptism of fire, and, then we start acting like we got foot-in-mouth disease.

Well, Sometimes decision to step out of boat can make your greatest dreams come true. On other side, if you don't step out of boat, you'll never know. I can hear somebody saying now, "Well, you just don't know my situation". Listen, life never leaves us with no way to achieve our dreams no matter how big they are.

Time To Let Loose The Dogs Of War!

Two major confusions in people's minds are: ·What's difference between coaching and therapy, and;

·What's difference between coaching and a good friend

Coaching's similar to therapy, except that therapy focuses on your emotions, particularly unresolved ones from past and defective patterns of thinking and reacting that have developed.

In coaching, we're concerned about feelings - my specialty is emotional intelligence after all - but focus is on managing them and moving forward. Taking action is what coaching's all about.

Now what's difference between a coach and a good friend? A lot!