Do you have the squirrel syndrome? You know what happens. A squirrel runs out in front of your car. It has a split second of indecision. It runs right, then left, then right…then thump, thump. Make a decision one way or the other, and then go. The squirrel never made a decision one way or the other, and the results are disastrous.
There are two types of fear.
- The type of fear based on false reasons. This type of fear causes you to be paralyzed for no real reason. It is just stuff that is made up in your mind. This could be fear of what someone is going to think.
- Fear can also be based on wisdom. We pause to make a decision to evaluate further and gather more information.
When you, shuck down to the cob, fear is the only thing that makes us indecisive. Maybe you will make an enemy? Good. You are doing something. The only way of not being criticized is to not do anything.
Fear Takes the Form of Resistance
In the book “The War of Art” by Steven Pressfield, he identifies what resistance is.
- Resistance is Internal
- Resistance is Insidious
- Resistance is Impersonal
- Resistance is Universal
- Resistance never Sleeps
- Resistance Plays for Keeps
- Resistance is Fueled by Fear
- Resistance is Most Powerful at the Finish Line
When making big decisions in your business know that fear, taking the form of resistance, will be there. Accept that fear is present and press forward. Fear only wins if we let the squirrel syndrome take over.
Question of the week: What big decisions do you need to make in 2015?
Quote of the Week: “One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.” – Henry Ford