Part 2
The Face of Fear and Outside Forces
- The Face of Fear is real.
- “Fear is a great teacher!” FALSE!!
- Coach the whole person. Not just the athlete
- “We are fooled into believing fear is a positive emotion.” – Brendon Burchard in the Motivation Manifesto
- “Fear harms more people in life than those who benefit from it.” – Burchard
- “We have distorted fear into a tool for the ego’s protection.” – Burchard
Ego
- The drive to maintain or enhance good views of oneself or that of the inflated opinion.
Constructed Fear
- Not trying a new game
- Playing it cool
- Sitting passive
If I don’t go then I won’t fail mentality
- Stuck in the void
- No skin in the game
- No learning takes place
- No joy is found
- No life-giving rewards achieved
The gravitational pull of this mentality
- The destroyer of good teams/culture
- The PE class with doers and the nondoers
- Friend circles
- Working culture
Organic positivity fertilizes organic positivity
Strategies for overcoming FEAR
- Tame the mind
- Look fear in the eye
- “Attempting to conceal fear as a friend is like forcing a wolf to be a pet. Soon the pet will eat us alive.” Burchard
- We will regret our inactions and this will have negative consequences on our confidence.
- Confidence erosion through inaction
- Triggers
- Is what I’m telling myself a lie deep down?
- On the Journey to Betterment mentality
- “A lot of good people have chosen the shallow end of history. They never really made their mark in the deep end.” – Burchard
- Brandon Lilly +1 mentality
- Just go!!
- Conclusion
Listen to Face of Fear Part 1 here.
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