Soar to Success January 2018

SOAR TO SUCCESS / January 2018 / Business Acceleration Strategies The 1 st Step to Making 2018 Your Best Year Yet! By Joan Washburn J ohn Wayne said, “Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway.” Even if you don’t ride horses, you get the drift. The number one reason my clients give me for not taking even the smallest step toward a dream they’ve had for a long time is…fear. I’m not referring to fearing a life-or-death situation, I’m referring to the fear that causes us to hang back for no good reason. Fear–based decision making is when you let your fears or worries dictate your actions (or, in most cases, your lack of action). For example… • “I’d love to take a trip to Israel, but what if something bad happens while I’m there? I’ll go somewhere else instead.” • “I’d love to write a book, but what if people hate it? Maybe I will study my topic more before I start writing.” If you can relate, don’t worry – you are not alone. Far from it. Research shows that 80 percent of our choices are fear-based; in other words, we’re afraid of what will happen if we don’t make a certain choice as opposed to making decisions based on what we really want out of life. The unfortunate result is that we don’t do the things that we say are important to us. Here are 5 things to keep in mind when making decisions: 1 . Don’t pick goals where the stakes are low. Step out of your comfort zone – get comfortable with feeling uncomfortable! 2 . Nobody is rooting for you to fail. Maybe you’ll succeed. Maybe you’ll fail. For the most part, nobody cares one way or the other.