Evan CarmichaelSpeaker / Author / Introvert

Stop Sabotaging Yourself: The Fear You Didn't Know You Had

27 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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In this motivational monologue, Evan Carmichael asserts that many people suppress their great ideas by inventing logical excuses, which are actually rooted in an underlying fear. He explains that while the excuses appear rational, they mask a deeper anxiety about failing publicly—specifically, the fear of others seeing their failure. By recognizing that these excuses are fear‑based, viewers are encouraged to confront and move beyond this hidden fear in order to take action on their ideas and serve others.

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You have great ideas inside you. You know you're capable of more. You know you want to serve. You know you want to help. And great ideas are flowing through you and we shut them off because we find a logical reason why we can't do it. Whatever logical excuse that we come up with, that's— listen, it's based in reality. You're a smart person. You wouldn't believe a stupid reason. So the reasons that we're listening to are actually based on some kind of fact, but they're still an excuse. And underneath it, underneath that reason why you can't do something, is because you're afraid. You're afraid. I'm afraid. We're afraid of taking the next step. And the fear underlying that is not the fear of it not working out. It's the fear of it not working out and who's going to see you fail.