In Jesus' amazing parable of talents, the last guy who didn't invest his talent but buried it and was later cast into the outer darkness characterized by gnashing of teeth, did so out of fear, the fear of failing his "hard" master who "gathered where he hadn't sowed and reaped where he hadn't planted." Those who often fail in life do so, not because they're in dearth of talents but because fear and self-doubt often precludes them from using what they have. Fear is worse than cancer, but the good news is that it can be dealt with. These three tips will show you how.

📌UTILIZE THE FORCE THAT COMES WITH DESIRE.

The dangerous thing about fear is that it stops you from taking actions that have the potential of changing your life, thereby making you miss life-transforming opportunities. Fear is a force; it's an energy that holds one back, limiting like friction. To overcome this force, you need a higher force, something to propel you where the force of fear tries to hold you back. Fortunately, you can get that propelling force from desire.

While fear makes people not to do things they should do, desire stimulate people into action. In fact, if desire is so strong it can make you go the extra mile; it would make you do things ordinary people wouldn't dare do. When fear shows you reasonable, plausible reasons why you shouldn't take that step, focus on the sweet benefits that you can get if you do it. Fear says, "If you invest that money, you just might go broke and become a grace-to-grass laughingstock." Desire says, "No, you're getting it all wrong, Fear. If you let him do it, he's gonna make enough money to take Mom on that vacation he's been promising her."

Fear says, "You think anyone's gonna buy what you're selling? You'd better not even say a word about it before everyone has a field day with your inability to sell just one of your products."
Desire says, "C'mon, think about all you can do with all that money from your sales. There're many things you can buy, many places you can go."

Desire, AKA ambition, makes people do the unthinkable. Use it to beat your fears.

📌 ROLE MODELS

Robert Kiyosaki, impassioned strategic financial educator, wrote that the importance of having role models is that they make it look easy. You should surround yourself with superstars you want to be like and let them motivate you not to settle for less. It's a good thing that many of the world legends we have never started as giants. Most of them come from nothing-to-write-home-about backgrounds, and their lives are often beautiful, inspiring stories that tell of a grim struggle against limitations such as poverty, racism, marginalization, molestation etc which culminate into a rise into affluence and influence. Don't just listen to those stories; drink them in and allow them sink in until you believe you can also make something out of your life.

Role models help us put our fears behind and aim for the best. They're like voices calling us to join them in the heights they now stand in.

📌STOP OVERTHINKING

Fear thrives on logic; it shows you a thousand and one reasons why you shouldn't do it. The more you think it, the more you'll find reasons not to do it. The more you reason it out, the more sense it makes and the more your fears are justified. There's only one course open to you: stop overthinking; JUST DO IT.

What other ways can you think of handling fear? Boy, I'd love to hear them, cos I've got my own fears too.
Rooting for you.
J. Ebute (Penwielder)
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