The BIGG Successs Show
Overcoming Fear One Quote at a Time
We share four fear-busting quotes to ease your worry. Find a written summary of today's show at BIGGSUCCESS.COM.
Welcome to The Big Success Show! Today, we'll overcome fear, one quote at a time. The Big Success Show with George and Mary Lynn. Mary Lynn, I have to say, I just love quotes. I keep a daily quote coming on my screen every single day. Can I quote you on that? You sure can. Those are the fun quotes for the day and things like that. Yeah, and there's an old Swedish proverb, and I know this because I'm half-tweetish, so this may be half-truth, I don't know. But the quote or the proverb says, "Worry gives a small thing a big shadow." That is a good quote, and it's so true, is you know, you've got this little problem. Then you start worrying about it. The problem starts growing and growing, and it won't stop growing. And before you know it, it's all consuming and your heart's beating faster. Calm down, Mary Lynn. Calm down. It's okay. Speaking from experience here, maybe I'm Swedish. Well, I understand what you're saying. It can be very stressful. You can't fall asleep or you wake up, and then you can't get back to sleep. And bottom line is, you're worrying, but you're not really accomplishing anything, right? Yeah, and it just seems to follow you. You can't shake it. It's like this shadow you can't lose, and then worry turns to fear. Yeah, and Dorothy Thompson has some good news for us. She says, "Fear grows in darkness." If you think there's a boogeyman around, turn on the light. I love that. There's a reason I still love a night light now. Look at that, Ed. I thought it so you didn't stumble around in the middle of the night. Yeah, that too. But you know, she's right. You know, we're afraid when we're in the dark. And when you're thinking about a problem, it's because you're in the dark as far as information goes. You just don't know what's going on. You don't know how big the problem is going to be. Everything seems uncertain, and it's because you don't have enough information that it frightens us. That's right, and so to get past that fright, do what your parents did when you were a kid. Turn on the light. Do some research. Study a bit. Ask for some help. Do anything that will create more certainty in the face of uncertainty. Eleanor Roosevelt said, "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." I looked fear in the face once, Mary Lynn, and left back out. Yeah, you conquer fear by confronting it. That's what Eleanor Roosevelt's saying. What we fear most are the things we think we cannot do. Those things that we don't have a solution for. And all you can do is all you can do, right? That's right. You just got to dive in, take some action, do something. But by doing something, you just start feeling that sense of control again. You're starting to gain control, and when you do that, the fear is diminished. Yeah, and finally, Louisa Mayalcott says, "I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship." I'm the kick of the world. No. But yeah, the storm blew through. Maybe there was some damage. Maybe there wasn't, but you stood strong. You faced it, and you learned from what you did right, and from what you did wrong. And you gained confidence to tackle yet one more situation. Coming up, a few more thoughts on the story we just told with quotes. Today, we're talking about uncertain times and how a lot of people just start worrying and get fearful. And you know what? We all experience fear. It doesn't matter if you're facing uncertain times financially or not. If you're facing uncertain times in your business or not, I mean, it doesn't matter. Fear comes to all of us. Yeah, and the thing is, as these quotes say, you just can't let it consume you. Get some information, confront it head-on, take action, and then learn. And, best of all, bookmark this site, so the next time something comes up for you and you start feeling that twinge of worry, and then you start feeling that fear, use these quotes to help you get through it. You'll find them on our site today at Big Success, that's bigwith2gsuccess.com, and that's also where we have a written summary of today's show. Next time we ask is passion overrated. Until then, here's to your Big Success. Big Success show at B-I-G-G Success.com. [MUSIC]