If you get to the top of the world’s highest bunjy jump and have a panic attack while standing on the ledge, that may be too much and you’ll never do it again, and amplify your fear of heights. That’s why it’s important to do baby steps. If you get in over your head, you can become paralyzed with fear in the future and have to start all over again. I mentioned it in another comment, but I’ll say it again here… We were talking to our kayaking guide this summer and she explained to us that sometimes doing something that scares you can revert you back to even being more fearful. If you go back to baby steps, I really think that’s a great way to face your fears. I think it happens to many people, that’s why so many retirees end up at the golf course day in day out. That’s why we feel that it is important to keep pushing ourselves to do things (a bit) if we give into it, we’ll be too afraid to try anything. As we get older, we feel the anxiety more. It was exciting! Now, we do think things over and have a lot more fear. In our younger years, we didn’t really think of the consequences or even think that anything was too dangerous. What’s your greatest fear? Are you planning on facing your fears today? But whatever it is, today is your day to get it done. If you have a fear of heights, maybe it is time to take an elevator up to the tallest building in your city and look out from the highest floor. Do something that scares you today! Maybe you’ve been afraid to approach someone you’ve had a crush on or maybe you’ve been afraid to apply for that new job. So with National Face Your Fears Day here to motivate everyone to face their fears, make some plans to do something that scares you. You’ll find that by having a professional watch your back, you’ll discover a lot of courage within that you never thought you’d ever have. Having an experienced professional there to teach you, take care of you and make sure that you are safe, will alleviate many of the fears that you may have. When we take on an epic hike or decide that we want to face a raging river by kayak, we don’t go into it blindly. We both had a professional with us the entire time. I flew a stunt plane in New Zealand, Dave jumped out of a plane in New Zealand. Either way, if you make the right choice, you can shape your future the way you want.Dave and I do many things that seem actually insane. There are two types of fear - ones that turn into reality and the ones that remain in the virtual space of your mind. So, in 14 months, I went from being jobless to working for American Express! I could not have imagined this even in my wildest possible dreams. i-mint was acquired by PAYBACK in April 2010, which was subsequently acquired by American Express in December, 2010. Fortunately, I was hired as a business manager with i-mint (multi-brand loyalty programme similar to Plenti in the US, Aeroplan in Canada and Nectar in UK). I made a choice to return because the purpose behind doing an MBA was to move to a business role. Now the fear I faced was the prospect of not getting a job on returning to India. Now, again, I was surrounded by choices I had to make - either to look for a business role by returning back to India or to find a technology role in the USA. The reason was that I did not want to stay in a safety net, which would have ultimately held me back.įast forward to 2009, at the end of the programme, I graduated without a job. Nevertheless, I made a choice to quit my job and joined the MBA programme. The fear I faced was the prospect of not getting a job at the end of my MBA programme. Three choices were staring me in the face - quit my job and join the MBA programme or take a two-year sabbatical from work with the option of returning back to the same position or defer the joining date by an year because there were early indications of an impending recession. I got admitted to Georgetown University, Washington DC, for their full-time MBA programme. Face your fear - this is not a motivational quote to prepare you for going to your office on a Monday morning! Let us dig in a little deeper as some quotes leave an ever-lasting impact.īack in 2007, I was working with Tata Consultancy Services and had decided to do an MBA - a transition from technology to business aspects.
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