Feb 13 • Finisher Blog
Fear is the Mindkiller
To continue my thoughts from yesterday, where I talked about being a little selfish, another emotional burden with productivity is fear and the various ways in which that shows up. Impostor syndrome…procrastination…perfectionism…hating to be on camera…staring at a blinking cursor on a blank page…there are so many things that fear can do to block our productivity and keep us from finishing projects.
The number one tip I have for dealing with fear is awareness. Whenever I notice a particular feeling of stress, like feeling my shoulders creeping up toward my ears or tenseness in my legs like I want to run, I try to take a deep breath and ask myself what I might be afraid of. Sometimes I try to think of the most exaggerated fear I could have in the moment—an earthquake is going to strike and I’ll be crushed by my precarious monitor setup on my desk, so that’s why I don’t want to type up a blog post! As a pretty unemotional person, it’s work for me to connect with my emotions, but it’s usually valuable to realize I might be feeling some way about a thing and that might be what’s holding me back from a true effort.
This is another topic that’s ripe for a video exploration…I’m racking them up! How are you connecting with your fears? Please let me know in the comments below.
2
1 comment
Fear is the Mindkiller
powered by
skool.com/the-finisher-3325
Join Sam, the Finisher, to complete your projects and achieve your goals with expert guidance.
Suggested communities
Powered by