How to BEAT Fear and Succeed in 6 Minutes

How to get over your fears. I got a great question that came in on YouTube from one of my loyal viewers who wrote in to say that she's afraid. She wants to start a clothing store, but she's afraid that it won't work out, that people won't like her designs, that she won't be able to support her son. She's so afraid that she doesn't do anything. She's just paralyzed by her fear, and she wanted my advice on what to do. So first of all, understand that fear is normal. It's okay to be afraid. I don't know why people don't talk about this more. You look up to entrepreneurs who've had success and you say, "Wow, they're so bold. They took these big decisions." But they were afraid too. Like, you don't have to be Superman and pretend like you have no fear. You will have fear. Just use fear as a counselor and not a jailer. Use fear as something that you can listen to and help guide you, but not that it holds you back so much that you, you're paralyzed and can't do anything. So fear is normal. That's the first thing. But I want to give you 3 tips to help you get over whatever fear you're facing now and help you build something great and build a good life for yourself and your family and a business you can be proud of. So step number 1: remember why you're doing it. Whenever I felt afraid of something, whenever I felt like I wanted to try something but I was afraid of doing it, I was scared, I remember why I'm doing it. And that can help give you the courage to start. So for me, I'm helping entrepreneurs, right? I want to help a billion entrepreneurs. If I have to do something scary for the first time, if I have to make a video like this, when I first started, it was really scary, but I keep in mind that my goal is to help entrepreneurs. This is how I'm gonna do it. Or I might think of a specific entrepreneur. When I was first getting started again, there was one entrepreneur who I'd helped out a lot, and I always looked at him, you know. So when I'm looking into the camera and I'm scared to get on camera, I'd always imagine his face there, and I'm talking to him and trying to help him out. That's why I do it. Or I might think about my son and building a better life for him and leaving a lasting legacy and saying, you know, look at what Dad did and be proud of that. So remember why you're doing it. Remember why and make it an important reason. Your why has to be important enough to shake you out of your fear and move you towards action. So think about your son. If you're starting this store and you're afraid you won't have enough for him, think about your son and why you're starting this. Or why did you pick a clothing store? Have a powerful story that guides you. Okay, that's number 1. Number 2 is commit to somebody. When you commit to other people, you're much more likely to follow through. This is across any behavioral pattern that you have as a person. So if you commit to somebody else you're going to be at a meeting, you're going to be there. If you commit to somebody else you're going to be at a gym, you're much more likely to follow through on that gym plan than if you're just going to go by yourself. Commit to somebody else. I remember the first presentation I did, the biggest presentation I did after I sold my first company, was in Brunei. And I got invited by the royal family of Brunei to come and speak to their young entrepreneurs. They were running out of oil money and wanted to encourage entrepreneurs to be the next wave, and they wanted me to come and inspire them. And they had like 1,000 people in the audience, multiple cameras that were being filming and broadcasting across the country. I had done a lot of speaking, but it was all small little workshops and stuff, not 1,000 people and nationwide broadcasting. I was afraid, and I was kind of secretly hoping that they would call me up the day before and say, It's off, it's canceled, you know, you don't have to do it. Breathe a sigh of relief. I was kind of hoping that would happen, but because I committed to them, because I said I'm gonna go, I had to go, right? So commit to somebody else. It helps get you over the fear of whatever action it is. So whatever you're thinking of doing, tell somebody else you're gonna do it. Commit to them. Step number 3, baby steps. Start small. You may see this big thing, this big picture as being super scary and you're unable to do it. But if you break it down into little chunks, little baby steps, you see whatever that next step is, it's a lot easier. It's more manageable. It's achievable. You know, if I was gonna say, okay, I'm gonna take over a stadium and I'm gonna do a presentation, that might be really scary. I've never done that before. And if I was looking at that when I was starting up, I might say, wow, there's no way I could ever do that. That's crazy. That's way too big. And that fear might be so paralyzing that I don't do anything. But what's a small step to get there? Starting in front of the camera, doing a little workshop, doing a presentation, doing a keynote, traveling for the first time and doing a keynote, right? Like, you start building these steps, and at the first time you do it, it's scary. But you could do it again, and you think, "Well, why was I so scared of that? It wasn't a big deal." You know, getting in front of the camera for me was really scary when I started. Now I get in front of the camera and it's no big deal. Like, what was I so afraid of? Right? Doing a presentation, I was scared, sweating, heart beating, knees shaking the first time I do a presentation. Now I can get up and it's no sweat. And I think, why was I so— this is not that big a deal. But we build things up in our heads, we make things seem more important than they are. And it prevents us from building something great. You know, to build a great company, you are going to have to step outside your comfort zone and address these fears. If you don't do things because you're too afraid, you're gonna stick in your average life. You have to be able to be willing to step into the fear, to step outside your comfort zone, and do things that you normally wouldn't do to get to where you want to go. So don't be afraid. You know, shake off the fear. It's okay to be afraid at the start, but don't let that fear hold you back from doing something great. Believe. For those of you watching, you like the video, please give it a thumbs up below. Let me know what you think. Leave a comment. Tell me about how you overcame your fears or what you're afraid of right now. Leave it below. And if you have a question, put it in the comments and we'll give you a response. 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