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Overcoming Fears That Arise As a New Entrepreneur

By on June 4, 2020
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By Tani Morgan

Being an entrepreneur is scary.

There is the fear of failure, the fear of rejection, the fear of being visible and seen and even the fear of letting your family down.

There’s even the fear that the nay-sayers were right, and this is a dumb idea.

As you grow as an entrepreneur, the fear doesn’t go away, the doubts don’t disappear.

I’m sorry but it’s true.

Yes, you will develop confidence in yourself, become comfortable with rejection and gain skills and experience but that little voice that doubts and worries will always be there.

It’s part of being human.

It’s literally wired into your brain to keep you safe.

As you step up to the next level, as you go bigger, when you try something new, when you are asked to do something you’ve never done, the doubts come back. The fear rears its ugly head and you’ll have to face it again and again.

Because of this, it’s easy to feel like you aren’t there yet, you haven’t done enough, you aren’t fixed yet, you aren’t good yet….because the fear keeps showing up.

But the truth is you are exactly where you are meant to be, you are already enough, AND you can still want more, be progressing on your mission and growing as a woman.

You simply need to accept that the fear shows up every time you expand and take your business to the next level so it’s important to find the tools and techniques now that allow you to keep going. You need to know how to face this fear, to squash the doubts and to take action anyway.

Here’s a technique I use with my clients that works every time:

Ask yourself the following questions and journal out your answers:

1. What are you afraid of happening?

2. What is the very worst case scenario?

3. If that happened, what would you do? Who could you call for help? How would you repair the situation?

4. Can I handle that?

5. What can I do right now to prevent this from happening?

Often, by simply writing our fears down on paper, we realize that the fear isn’t as scary as we think it is when it’s up in our head. If you look at the worst case scenario, you’ll usually discover that you can handle whatever might come up.

Creating a plan of action, reminds you that we are fully capable of handling whatever comes up and we have people that will support us.

The thing is that as an entrepreneur, you are taking risks that many people never have the courage to do, so remind yourself that you are already brave and surround yourself with other people that are pushing the limits, facing their fears and courageously chasing their goals.  It’s even better, if they are also people who see your genius, your beauty and your unique gifts so they can remind you of how amazing you are when you don’t see it in yourself and help you move through the doubts and fears

If you aren’t afraid, then you probably aren’t taking big enough risks or growing very quickly. I encourage you to move towards the fear and then use the above techniques to smash right through it to accomplish your goals. You’ve got this!

 

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taniTani Morgan is a Spiritual Business Mentor, Business Professor at the SWAT Institute of Empowerment Coaching, Yoga Teacher and the founder of TaniMorgan.com. She has built multiple successful businesses that impact hundreds of women every year. Combining her business degree (B.Comm), her management experience in sales, customer service and advertising with her powerful intuition and spiritual practice, she now empowers women to discover their true purpose and feel confident in their unique gifts so they can build a soul-inspired business to create both income for their family and impact in their community.

 

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