How Much Will Fear Cost You
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This episode of the Quit Playing Small Podcast is brought to you by I quit playing small.com where you can get your copy of the quit playing. Companion book to this pod. It's filled with daily inspiration you didn't know you needed. Hello, most awesome one. I'm Ahyiana Angel, and you are listening to the Quit Playing Small podcast.
Your space for inspired thinking, encouragement, and goodness. I hope you are doing and feeling well today. Let's get into our topic. Fear, fear, fear when we are children. Being fearless is not even in our vocabulary because we just are. We just do. We just act. We just exist in a space that feels like we don't have boundaries.
We are limitless. I can't remember when fear started to be present in my life, but I do remember when boundaries started to be created and I, and I can specifically recall what those boundaries felt like. They felt like they were holding me back. They felt like I wanted to break free from them, and it was situational, but I.
When I look at it now, I can trace it back to creating boundaries in my mind that, um, might not have been there. If I hadn't had these experiences and as I got older, I had to start to talk to myself and tell myself things like this. Never let the fear of the unknown cause you to withdraw from your dreams.
Life is limitless when you begin facing your fears. Come on, girl. Face your fears, . These are things that I say to myself. If you haven't found your success, it may be hidden behind your fear. Clear your mind of fear and doubt. They won't ever help you out. Fear is contagious, so don't surround yourself with a bunch of other fearful people who will just bring an energy and spirit of fear.
Sometimes not even knowing it. Let go of fears that detour you. Hold on to ambition that guides you. How much are you willing to pay for your fear? It can cost you everything. Oh, when I had that thought of just like the trade off between allowing fear to stifle me and what it would cost me and, and what I was willing to.
Ooh, it did not sit well. It made me just realize that if I didn't break out of or from behind, whatever was holding me back, I was potentially going to be the only loser, and I didn't even know how much I will be losing because my potential, it's exponential. Ooh, that's bars right there, right? My potential is exponential, so there is no way for me to quantify what I would really be losing if I didn't step from behind Fear.
Now, don't get me wrong, this is an ongoing process. This is every day. This is in this moment, I'm working on identifying and putting my finger on what am I fearful of? What am I holding myself back from? Could I be doing more bigger? Am I playing small in some ways? So this fear thing, it's not like it just goes away because you have one good pep talk with yourself.
It's always lingering around, but having that awareness of it means that we can confront it. And we can confront it in a way that removes some of its power and doesn't allow it to be. Our driving force doesn't allow it to hold us back because we can never let that fear of what we don't know is possible for us.
Stop us from uncovering what's possible for.
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