TRIP TIP #24 “Lose Your Fear of the Unknown Through Imagination”

Overcome your fear by facing it, learning how to cope and rise above it, but above all do it quickly.  The longer you wait to face it, the more it lingers and grows. By thinking positively about the outcome, the quicker it fades, consider it like taking a vacation to a place you've never been, and the joy of figuring out the lay of the land.  It is a place of joy, not fear.
 
The unknown is only that way until you become familiar with it, really, it is that simple.  If you have a difficult client, case, or deadline communicating about it with your team or mastermind group will take the weight off of you and lessen the load.  Use your imagination to figure out a plan of attack.  The unknown can be a place of creativity, and fear will destroy it if you let it.  FEEL it, live it, experience it, make it yours with pizazz!


When I traveled to Nepal alone and got lost, I awakened each morning with a knot in my stomach and a dry mouth.  Fear created my first thoughts.  It wasn’t until I realized that I had everything I needed and if I would concentrate on the outcome I wanted, I became energized to make it happen.  Taking action to make that come together gave me a goal and a plan, and the unknown became known, and the fear faded.

If possible, make it part of your life plan to do foreign travel.  Travel exposes you to so much of life that you've never seen before and helps you accept others for who they are.  It also helps you face the unknown with curiosity, not fear.

Well, that’s it for this installment, I hope you have some new ideas on how to proceed.  Remember to take a TRIP for a lifetime, not a trip of a lifetime.

See you next time, and in the meantime, awaken each morning with the intention to be happy, successful in your day’s goals without any fear and that will be what happens.


Goodbye!