Chad Silverstein argues that fear creates a self-imposed ceiling on what people think they can achieve. Confronting fear directly is essential for high performance, and most people need coaching or mentoring to do it, which is why corporations invest heavily in leadership coaching.
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on, because it's overcoming the real F word, and that's fear, then you can accomplish anything. We are our own worst enemy. We put a ceiling over our own head. There's nothing stopping you. If someone else in the world has done something, then that means that you're capable of it, unless you don't have the ability to do it and you have to learn how to do it. But meaning it's possible. But we tend to think things are impossible. And we put that glass ceiling over our head and we stop ourselves from moving forward. That's just how it is. And you just accept a mediocre type of an attitude. If you want to be a high performer in life and you want to be successful, you've got to be able to run through your fear, face it head on, and be able to accomplish more than you ever thought you could. And you may not be able to do that by yourself. You may need some people to push you a little bit. This is why coaching and mentoring is so key. It's why These big companies are investing millions of dollars every year in coaching their leadership team because they know that people can't do it by themselves. Neither can you.