Programming Yourself Not To Fear Fear
- Visualize your goals and overcome your fears!
- Use intensely desired goals and forget your fears!
- You can’t fail. So just do it!
You can largely neutralize the fears of failure that inhibit effective action, by using positive affirmations and visualization to reprogram your mind for success.
Visualize Your GoalsÂ
Every time you visualize your goal and see it as obtained in your mind, you intensify your desire and diminish your fears.
This is an extremely important thing to do, because all successful people have a clear mental image of exactly what they want to achieve.
This motivates them, and drives the forward to achieve their goals. It also intensifies their desires, and intense desires will help them overcome any fears they may face.
Using Desire To Overcome Fear
Imagine you had an intense fear of spiders. It’s so bad that you feel uncomfortable looking at them or going near them. Now imagine there is a box full of the biggest, hairiest and hungriest looking spiders you have ever seen!
But, there is also a cheque for £/$ 1 million with your name on it inside the box with the spiders! If your desire for the money was strong enough, you would most likely face your fears and take the money.
This is a good example of how intensely desired goals, can overcome fear. If you can discipline yourself to use visualization and affirmations daily to support your goals, you will increase your intensity of desire, and simultaneously your ability to control and overcome fear.
Overcoming Fear Requires Mental And Physical Action!
Many people assume that by focusing their thoughts on something (such as through the use of daily visualization and affirmations) they will make it a reality. However this is only partly true.
Whilst it is extremely important your dominant thoughts are about your goals, it is equally important for you to take physical action.
This is one criticism I have of the excellent movie “The Secret“, as it does not put enough emphasis on the importance of taking physical action to achieve your goals.
In Brief - Act as though it were impossible to fail, and use affirmations and visualization daily to strengthen the intensity of your desires.
If you would like more information on setting goals or visualization see these articles.
Guide To Visualization | Importance Of A Personal Goal
Here are some videos about phobias, and treatments used to overcome them.
Phobias Part 1 : Phobias Part 2
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March 8th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
I have a very difficult time hitting a golf ball straight if anyone is watching. This is obviously fear. I’d like to overcome this. I’m glad I found your website, I’ll continue to look.
March 12th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
This is actually quite common, and usually indicates some form of social anxiety in addition to low self esteem. In cases like this people feel under pressure to perform, and instead of concentrating on task they focus on what other people may be thinking or expecting of them.
The roots of this usually orginate from childhood.
You may benefit from reading the articles on self esteem and the articles on how childhood effects adult life. By building up your self esteem, or more specifically your sense of self worth, you should be able to overcome this fear.
Although in general, just recognize that you have as much right as anyone else to play, and you will play in your own style and in your own time. Be yourself, and don’t let the pressures of other peoples expectations change who you are.
If you feel some anxiety when people are watching you, breath in and out slowly and deeply, then give your complete focus to the ball. Try and get in the zone, and forget about everything around you.
If people are deliberately saying stuff to you, recognize that this may just be an attempt to put you off, so don’t take it personally. If you have a look at the articles on self discipline, you will find some relaxation techniques there.