Be Fearless in 2024
Be Fearless in 2024
There is no room for cowardice
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COWARDICE EVERYWHERE
“If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.”-Thomas Aquinas
I want to pose a series of simple but important questions.
What exactly are you waiting for?
Circumstances to be better?
Resources to be plentiful?
The stars to align?
Fortune to bless you?
Some savior to arrive and rescue you?
Or simply just an easy life of endless sunshine?
These are nothing more than excuses! An avoidance of taking on the responsibilities that await you. This kind of thinking is not only futile but could prove dangerous.
This is no time to wait for some miracle over the horizon. The cavalry isn’t coming to the rescue so don’t count on it. There is only your action, your beautiful and daring action!
This is the time to get to work. To make moves. To get going. To set yourself on the journey to achieving the life that you desire, not the one that society has set for you to live.
The time is now.
The time for action.
The time to dare!
The time to be fearless.
We all have thoughts and opinions, but these are worthless in comparison to taking daring action. To go after what is meaningful, even though it may prove difficult and may even seem impossible, is all that matters. This fearless action is required.
Let me repeat that:
This fearless action is required!
Know that opinions and thoughts don’t change anything. Action does. The esteemed do not respect those who have dreams without action and thoughts without a voice. The world is full of countless people who spend their time poorly, wasting hours on social networks and offering their opinions and thoughts. Not a single one of these opinions ever changed the mind of another. But action does. The will to act is powerful. The will to act on your work is the combination of greatness of the mind and the body. Act now!
“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.”-Aristotle
BE FEARLESS
“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn’t live boldly enough, and that they didn’t invest enough heart, didn’t love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.”-Ted Hughes
I have written on the importance of boldness before. My stance and opinion has not changed. In fact, it has only strengthened in the face of the personal challenges that I have faced. Understand that boldness is a key trait for success, regardless of professional industry or personal challenge. This boldness is needed now more than ever, especially in the face of our fears, which have only continued to grow.
Why?
Because fears are implanted in your mind and these are difficult to remove with timidity. These fears have become magnified by your peers, the media, rumors, and perhaps your own research. But many people will do anything to escape the notion that boldness is the cure for the disease of fear. They will try breathing exercises, mountain yoga, hypnosis, hire a confidence coach, listen and watch motivational and inspirational videos on YouTube, look to influencers for answers, and pray for relief. None of this matters in the face of a personal choice to boldly attack your fears, to roll the dice and take a chance to personally grow and transform.
Your act of facing your fears is the result of your boldness to do so. The timid are too weak and too squeamish about the prospect. They forever remain caged by fear and this is sad, for the cage is self-made and has no lock. You cannot make this mistake. You must boldly go forward in spite of your fears, attacking them one by one. You must be prepared for the results, despite what they may be.
This could mean facing misfortune.
This could mean facing loss.
This could mean facing ridicule.
This could mean facing the feeling of defeat.
This could mean facing the notion that you have to start over and begin again, despite all of the energy and effort you put forth.
None of these options can be mitigated and they are a requirement for the mandatory metamorphosis of a person who chooses boldness over fear.
“The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune.”-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will to Power
How do I know this to be the case? Because like you, I faced many fears.
I faced the prospect of defeat and actual defeat.
I faced ridicule when beginning and loss when experienced.
I faced a lack of resources when I needed them most.
I faced watching the time run out, ever so slowly and always painful to witness.
Ultimately, I faced myself before I took the stage on national television. Fearful, weak, and trembling, I didn’t know if I could go forward, even though a lifelong goal was just moments away. I knew that if I gave up then and gave into my fears at the moment of action, I would regret it for the rest of my life. I would have never forgiven myself for my cowardly and safe decision. I pushed forward past the anxiety and fears that seemed to envelope my entire body. It was the best decision and absolutely worth it.
Now it is your turn.
Your future awaits you. It is legitimate. The path that you are creating with each and every step, each small action, had led you to this. The objective is in sight. Will you stop? Will you pause? Will you turn back? Or will you face your fears, despite how giant and towering they may appear?
The choice is yours. You have come so far. Just by being here, taking time out from your day to read these words instead of wasting your time on something trivial, you are proving a point.
You want to be more.
Become more.
Are more.
Don’t let these fears hold you back.
Endeavor to boldly become braver, stronger, and better than you are today. Your fears will diminish in the face of such courage. You will grow because of it. And looking back on your actions, you will realize just how powerful you are.
Go forward and do what you are afraid to do!
“There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.”-Søren Kierkegaard
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Shaun