One thing that is great about social media, despite the drumbeat of how harmful it is for the youth or anyone, is how it can connect you with emotions that you need, and with a pier group seems to always be there to lift you and catch you.
The connection can fill you with courage you needed to move forward. So take this message that Tin Shingle put up in IG yesterday as the sign you may have been looking for to do the thing that scares you.
What I've learned about doing scary things is that there is often a pond of molten golden lava on the other side. A good, warm pond of something that you want or were hoping for. Even if it looks different than what you expected.
There was once a time where I only did scary things because they happened to me. I experienced them via a Worst Fear that actually happened. What I learned after surviving those Worst Fears Coming To Life was that they were blessings to teach me something new or open my life to go into a direction it needed to.
Now that I am focusing on going after new things that I want, I have to go get the things. That can mean facing fears of rejection, fears of failure, fear of feeling embarrassed, etc.
I encourage you to plan for at least one fear a week or a month, and to go for it.
What Fears You Can Get Ready For This Weekend:
It's Memorial Day Weekend. That means you get to do two things:
Give thanks for the people who have volunteered their lives to save you, and others around the world. This Memorial Day, take a moment to attend an event, donate to a Veterans group, and say Thank You to a veteran you pass on the street.
Celebrate the start of summer (OMG when did this happen - how is it summer now). Celebrate life as well as give thanks for death. And remember live your life. Which you can do best by stepping through fear.
Fears You Could Step Through
Some ideas for how you can graduate to the next level by stepping through a few fears:
Sign a lease or mortgage on a new office or home.
Leave a current office or home. As sad as that is at the time.
Hire a new person to work with to elevate an area of your business.
Pitch yourself to be hired by a company you admire.
Send a media pitch to a writer you follow who you think would be a great fit to cover or mention your business. Be sure you think of a really unique story idea for that writer! That's the key to media success. Make it really timely and unique. Need ideas? Join Tin Shingle and use our forum to communicate with other members, and/or come to a TuneUp Office Hours.
Allow yourself to be in love. Express some things that make you feel vulnerable to that person.