Ever hear about someone eating something spicy, and once
they get the spices down, it makes them start sweating?
Well, the other day I was eating lunch with a friend of mine
— Mexican food — and immediately after gobbling down some
hot salsa, sweat starts pouring down my buddy”s face, like
he was a fat man in a sauna.
The truth is, sometimes in anticipation of you crossing the
finish line on a project you”re working on, your mind
becomes filled with anxiety and fears — and suddenly YOU
start sweating.
Some of your fears will be real (“What if your project
fails?”)… and… some of them will simply be perceived
(“What will my significant other think of me?” and…
ironically, “What if your project fails?”).
Steven Pressfield, in his book, The War Of Art, calls these
fears, thoughts and worries, “Resistance”.
And “sensing” Resistance, is actually a good thing.
See, when you feel resistance slowly creeping its way into
the back of your mind, it usually means you”re about to do
something with explosive potential — maybe something that
will even change your life forever.
Hockey great Wayne Gretsky once said, “You miss 100% of the
shots you never take.”
So start shooting, and don”t be afraid.
My mentor once told me, most of the fears that spend their
time preoccupying your thoughts (and wasting your time
have all been created, from the ground up, by you —
inside the walls of your own mind.
So don”t let all these silly notions and all that other
negative B.S. hold you back.
I know, just as well as you do, that these “bad” thoughts
usually start playing themselves over-and-over again in the
back of your mind, like some kind of vicious broken tape
recorder… usually at the times you LEAST need to hear them.
Don”t worry though.
It”s just Resistance telling you you”re getting a little out
of your comfort zone, and that you”re on the right track.
So start taking your shots, and don”t be so afraid — even
if you are sweating like the fat man in the sauna.
Now go sell something,
Craig Garber
http://www.KingOfCopy.com
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