How To Overcome Fears – 7 Ways to Boost Your Courage Instantly
Want to know how to overcome fears? Here are 7 ways to boost your courage instantly – this will change your life!
Let’s chat about how to overcome fears.
Truth bomb time – did you know that if you’re not actively pursuing your dreams, there’s a good chance that fear is likely to blame.
In a nutshell, fear can stop you from taking the actions necessary to achieve success.
Some people are experts at plowing through fears – that is, feeling the fear and doing it anyway – while others could use a few tips.
Please pay attention to these tips if you are a little scared about the idea of stepping outside your comfort zone because you’d be shocked by how much your life would change if you could just increase your courage by 10%!
That’s all it takes – little 10% increments.
Here’s the thing, even if you are feeling totally petrified, even if you are feeling totally scared, it is courage NOT CONFIDENCE that creates action, which boosts your courage even higher.
Let me repeat that for you one more time – you need to embrace courage. Confidence is less important than courage which results in action-taking.
Follow these strategies to increase your courage and accomplish more:
HOW TO OVERCOME FEARS
1 – Visualize success.
Fear comes from imagining the worst, so one solution is to imagine a positive outcome instead.
Yes, it is that easy – imagine the best case scenario occurring instead of the worst.
Doesn’t that already make you feel a little better?
It’s important to make the visualization as real as possible so use all of your senses to create a realistic scene.
What are you seeing, what are you feeling, what are you thinking, what are you hearing, what are you touching, what are you smelling in this future moment of yours?
Imagine exactly how you’ll feel when you’re successful.
- If you do this regularly, on a daily basis, it will definitely make a difference. So, by employing this technique even once can be enough to take the edge off your fear and allow you to act.
HOW TO OVERCOME FEARS
2 – Imagine your child is watching you.
It’s easy to take the easy way out when you’re alone and no one knows that you are hiding in the corner, avoiding taking action?
But have you ever noticed that the presence of an audience can make you a little bolder?
No one wants to lose face in front of their peers so imagine you aren’t alone when it comes to facing your fears.
- Now, imagine that your child is watching you. Who wants to be afraid in front of their own kid? No one! Tell yourself that you’re going to set a good example. Behave the way you’d want your child to behave.
- You want them to face their fears, right? To show courage, to live a life without regret. Teach them the way by being a good example of someone who is willing not just to talk the talk but walk the walk.
HOW TO OVERCOME FEARS
3 – Call on your alter ego.
Just like Beyonce calls upon Sasha Fierce as her alter ego – someone who is bolder and braver than her real self, you too can tap into an alter ego.
Someone who makes you feel stronger and more fearless.
You can give that alter ego whatever name you like as long as they are bold and brave.
Become that person.
Give him or her a backstory.
Feel the way they would feel.
Do what they would do. Just be that person.
HOW TO OVERCOME FEARS
4 – Ask yourself what a brave person would do.
Did you know that in any given situation you can ask yourself what a brave person would do and choose that course of action?
To do this, you need to use your imagination.
Think of someone you know that’s brave and contemplate how they would handle the situation you’re in.
If you know someone who is courageous, ask them what they would do if they were you.
They might have some valuable tips to offer you.
HOW TO OVERCOME FEARS
5 – Imagine you only have a week left to live.
If you knew you were done in a week, you wouldn’t be afraid of anything, right?
I mean what would you have to lose – in a week you would be gone.
In that moment you would have a great perspective on life and understand that in the grand scheme of things so many things don’t really matter (e.g., other people’s opinions), so it would be easy to JUST TAKE ACTION.
If you’re going to die soon, would you care what some stranger thought of you or your failure? Of course not.
HOW TO OVERCOME FEARS
6 – Focus on the regret you’ll feel if you fail to act.
Instead of thinking about failure, think about the consequences of never trying.
Regret is a painful pill to swallow – even more painful than fear.
Because with fear, at least you are out there taking action and trying.
Why don’t you at least give yourself the chance to be successful.
The last thing anyone wants is to spend the latter part of life wondering “what if?” What if I had only tried a little harder….
HOW TO OVERCOME FEARS
7 – Change your physiology.
Breathe deeply.
Stand up tall and straight.
Look straight ahead.
Shake away the stresses.
Stand the way a goddess who is aware of her power would stand. Imagine yourself as the most successful version of yourself – how would you stand, breathe, and think?
Once you work it out, do that.
In the end we need to be honest with ourselves and work out if fear limiting our choices in life.
Sincerely, what would you do if you were free of fear?
I would love to know.
Fortunately, you don’t have to eliminate your fear by 100% to see a drastic change in your life.
All it takes is a small boost in courage to get the ball rolling.
So, the next time you are faced with fear, try using one of these techniques and notice what happens.
All you need to do is take into your courage, which insists within, and take action.
This is the best way to approach the world – with a little bit of boldness and courage.
Much love and best of luck xx
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I’m Frances Vidakovic – a mindset & action coach for quietly ambitious women who want to stop overthinking and finally take aligned action. I help women achieve their goals and follow through on what matters, without sacrificing their sanity or soul.