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and put a huge silly grin on your face. Give it a shot. See if you can feel sad while doing this at the same time.
Turning Fear Into Power:
No matter how self-confident you become, there isn’t a single person in the world that doesn’t experiences a certain level of fear or anxiety from time to time. But what is the difference between people who can look fear in the eye and take massive action, versus those who will always retreat at the first sign of fear?
The answer is very simple. Some people are able to turn fear into power in split seconds. Are these people freaks of nature, or is this something that can be learned? The good news is that it’s not something you are born with, but rather something that can be learned.
Depending on the individual and the situation, everyone experiences fear and anxiety a bit differently. To get a better perspective on this, I want you to do the following exercise:
1. Using your five senses, try to recall a specific situation in which you would normally feel anxious. When you begin to feel a bit anxious, try to notice where in your body do you feel anxiety or tension. Is it in the pit of your stomach? Is it in your chest? Do you feel it in your legs? Try to pinpoint a place in your body where you feel the most tension. Also, be sure to pay close attention to that feeling in terms of what it feels like. You might even want to describe this sensation on paper.
2. This time, I want you to recall a situation where you felt really excited about something. Use all your senses to recall that feeling when you know something totally awesome is about to happen. Pay close attention to what these sensations feel like, and where in your body do you feel them. Write this down as well.
3. Now, compare these two sensations to each other. You will most likely notice that in both cases the sensations were very similar to each other. The only real difference in each situation is the meaning that you attached to these sensations.
The only reason anxiety stops you from taking action is because you have conditioned yourself to respond that way to the sensations you feel in your body in the presence of anxiety. It’s a reflex that was developed over many years, like pinch and ouch.
The same thing applies to situations where you know that something awesome is coming. You have conditioned yourself to respond with excitement when certain things happen that cause you to feel sensations of excitement in your body.
But getting back to fear and anxiety. You allow it to stop you from taking action, not because you can’t physically do it, but because it’s a conditioned response in your body. You are used to giving yourself a command in terms of what you can and cannot do based on the following three criteria:
1. Situation.
2. Sensation
3. Meaning
Subconsciously, you have associated a meaning to a sensation in your body that you feel in certain situations.
If you want to turn fear into power on autopilot, you must learn to consciously attach a meaning of excitement onto the sensations that would normally make you feel anxious. If you do this consciously for approximately thirty days it will become automatic for you.
The sensations you are feeling are nothing but energy flowing through your nervous system from your brain to wherever you normally feel “anxiety” in your body. But the meaning you attach to those sensations are completely up to you.
Next time, when you feel a sensation of “anxiety” building up in your body, just change its meaning. Instead of getting worried about the consequences that may follow, just begin to expect that something awesome is about to happen. Remember, the sensations are almost identical, but how you respond to these sensations is what will really make a difference in your life. Why live in fear if you can choose to be excited instead?
The combination of all these tools or techniques that we just covered will put you in full control of your life.
Turning Fear Into Power:
No matter how self-confident you become, there isn’t a single person in the world that doesn’t experiences a certain level of fear or anxiety from time to time. But what is the difference between people who can look fear in the eye and take massive action, versus those who will always retreat at the first sign of fear?
The answer is very simple. Some people are able to turn fear into power in split seconds. Are these people freaks of nature, or is this something that can be learned? The good news is that it’s not something you are born with, but rather something that can be learned.
Depending on the individual and the situation, everyone experiences fear and anxiety a bit differently. To get a better perspective on this, I want you to do the following exercise:
1. Using your five senses, try to recall a specific situation in which you would normally feel anxious. When you begin to feel a bit anxious, try to notice where in your body do you feel anxiety or tension. Is it in the pit of your stomach? Is it in your chest? Do you feel it in your legs? Try to pinpoint a place in your body where you feel the most tension. Also, be sure to pay close attention to that feeling in terms of what it feels like. You might even want to describe this sensation on paper.
2. This time, I want you to recall a situation where you felt really excited about something. Use all your senses to recall that feeling when you know something totally awesome is about to happen. Pay close attention to what these sensations feel like, and where in your body do you feel them. Write this down as well.
3. Now, compare these two sensations to each other. You will most likely notice that in both cases the sensations were very similar to each other. The only real difference in each situation is the meaning that you attached to these sensations.
The only reason anxiety stops you from taking action is because you have conditioned yourself to respond that way to the sensations you feel in your body in the presence of anxiety. It’s a reflex that was developed over many years, like pinch and ouch.
The same thing applies to situations where you know that something awesome is coming. You have conditioned yourself to respond with excitement when certain things happen that cause you to feel sensations of excitement in your body.
But getting back to fear and anxiety. You allow it to stop you from taking action, not because you can’t physically do it, but because it’s a conditioned response in your body. You are used to giving yourself a command in terms of what you can and cannot do based on the following three criteria:
1. Situation.
2. Sensation
3. Meaning
Subconsciously, you have associated a meaning to a sensation in your body that you feel in certain situations.
If you want to turn fear into power on autopilot, you must learn to consciously attach a meaning of excitement onto the sensations that would normally make you feel anxious. If you do this consciously for approximately thirty days it will become automatic for you.
The sensations you are feeling are nothing but energy flowing through your nervous system from your brain to wherever you normally feel “anxiety” in your body. But the meaning you attach to those sensations are completely up to you.
Next time, when you feel a sensation of “anxiety” building up in your body, just change its meaning. Instead of getting worried about the consequences that may follow, just begin to expect that something awesome is about to happen. Remember, the sensations are almost identical, but how you respond to these sensations is what will really make a difference in your life. Why live in fear if you can choose to be excited instead?
The combination of all these tools or techniques that we just covered will put you in full control of your life.
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