The Mt Kenya Times 
By: N. George
Worth Noting:
- Thorough research about a project will help remove fears and speculations and lay facts on the table. Your understanding of the subject matter would play a great role in enhancing your chances of succeeding and overcome fear and doubt
- Actualisng your vision would help you move several miles successfully. It will also help you to appreciate the task at hand, improve creativity and devise innovative ways which will yield the desired results.
- In the face of danger and anxiety your breathing is restricted and shallow, the rate of heart beat increases, you experience chest pain and sweat excessively.
Fear is a self-consuming emotion that weakens you by sucking your energy. It steals your confidence and dissuades you from doing one thing or another.
Fear is caused by danger, pain, change, struggle, uncertainty and harm. It brings discomfort and anxiety.
It does not necessarily indicate that you are wrong. It may be a sign that you have moved out of comfort zone.
When under influence of fear you can be easily challenged by a force that under normal circumstance would be inferior to you.
If you are able to overcome fear you succeed in what you are doing.
The origin of fear is a region in our brains called amygdala.
One of the benefits of fear is that it can help you to escape from a danger.
When you join a new school, start a new job, start a new year you are usually uncertain and fearful how the new life will be. The fear acts as a stumbling block from achieving many goals despite having the ability.
There are several ways of overcoming fear which include.
Long term planning
If you look at issues in the long term you would have hope that despite beginning being humble you shall eventually arrive at your target. This would dispel fear.
In many projects and processes the initial stages are usually challenging but overtime you start enjoying the benefits of learning curve.
Doing research
Inadequate or lack of knowledge may threaten you not to venture into new territories
Thorough research about a project will help remove fears and speculations and lay facts on the table. Your understanding of the subject matter would play a great role in enhancing your chances of succeeding and overcome fear and doubt
Visualise success
When you program your mind in a way that you will emerge victorious upon completing a project, you will boost your morale, the winning mentality and remove doubt in your mind.
Actualisng your vision would help you move several miles successfully. It will also help you to appreciate the task at hand, improve creativity and devise innovative ways which will yield the desired results.
Request for support
Are you scared of what you want to achieve? Do you have a talent which you want to sharpen? Do you know most optimal method to apply in order to achieve your goal? Do you know anyone who is an expert in what you wish to accomplish? You do not need to worry just seek for support and you will be helped with strategy, your work will just be to execute and do so at ease.
Gather more information about what you fear and appreciate the findings
Adequate knowledge about your greatest threat will help you institute adequate control measures which will assist you to identify what to avoid and to what degree to do so.
Through knowledge based approach you will be able to make informed decisions and arrive at desired results without unnecessary struggles.
Prepare for the worst possible scenario
When you have fear of something and you imagine the maximum threat it can pose and prepare for control measures then you will be easily navigate any turbulence encountered in the course of executing your plan.
Proper preparation will help you avoid surprises in the course of your work.
Do not try to be perfect
In approaching and carrying out any task set the ideal standard which is a hundred percent efficiency level but be satisfied if you attain a satisfactorily level like eighty percent. This will help you avoid any fears of attaining imaginable or theoretical perfect results.
Being realistic will help you minimize regrets in life.
Take a break
If you are in a fearful situation it is prudent to take some time off and rest.
This time when enjoying the break you will be able to refresh, relook at the task at hand and restrategise on the best possible avenue to use in overcoming your fear.
When refreshed you will regain energy to approach to task with greater vitality
.Breathe through panic
In the face of danger and anxiety your breathing is restricted and shallow, the rate of heart beat increases, you experience chest pain and sweat excessively.
Exercising deep breathing will help you cool down normalizing the rate of heart beat allowing your mind to focus on the present moment and avoid worrisome thoughts.
Associate yourself with achievers
When undertaking a certain task and you associate yourself with people who have succeeded in such ventures before they will radiate positive energies even the support that they can offer to you will see you sail through.
You will also have an inner drive to succeed by assuring yourself that you wish to succeed like other people who have done so.
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