Sunday, August 29, 2004

 

Want more courage - follow-up

When we decide to take a risk and fear shows up, we usually imagine the worst that can happen. A prospective client will reject you, you will look like a fool; a prospective friend will turn her back on you and you will be humiliated. You will apply for another job and will make a fool of yourself at the interview.
Imagine the risk you would like to take and imagine what could go wrong. However, do something different this time: stay with this awful feeling of rejection, humiliation, feeling like a fool. Keep on staying with the feeling, don't distract yourself. Try to stick with it for five, ten minutes. Then, imagine yourself after you have lived through this experience. Most people who do the experience find out that it's not as bad as they had imagined and THERE IS LIFE AFTER REJECTION OR HUMILIATION. You can survive it. That's the worst that can happen.
Practice staying with the feeling. Then just do it.

Marguerite Tennier
The coach who wants to change the world,
One Man at a Time
http://www.canadascoach.com



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