Why Fear is Powerful Bullshit!

I often point out the ridiculousness of fear in our workshops, but I never undermine its effect on people. Fear is very real, and affects everyone — you, me, friends, family, colleagues, etc. It’s everyone’s biggest problem, and most don't even know they have it.

But here's why it's ridiculous. Fear is developed in childhood, most often to keep you safe as a child. And fair enough. Problem is, that fear program is still trying to keep you safe as a child, because it still thinks you're that same child. You bring those fears with you into adulthood, and they rule your life — the fear of adventure, the fear of change, the fear of criticism, the fear of rejection, and so on.

Now as an adult, those same fears are trying to keep you ‘safe’, in case you’re ever a child again. As ridiculous as that sounds, those fears are the root cause of all anxiety, procrastination, self doubt, unhappiness, resentment, confusion, worry, stress, and so much more.

And because fear is such a deeply embedded subconscious habit, most people don’t know fear is doing that to them. They just feel bad and don’t know why.

But when you show people what fear is and the thoughts it uses to sabotage them, people immediately recognise those thoughts in themselves and think, “OMG. I think like that. I’ve been doing that for years! I had no idea it was fear!”.

That’s 50% of the problem solved because when you expose fear like that, it can no longer run as a hidden subconscious habit, and it starts to lose its power over you. The other 50% is solved by living those fears out of existence — not by facing them, or even trying to overcome them, but by removing fear's power over you, which you can read more about here.

That’s why we created our Level 3 workshop. It first shows people the symptoms of fear so they recognise it in themselves, followed by an extremely simple way to remove fear's power so it can no longer wreck your life.

Then people really start to live life fully. And when they do, they realise the fears that were previously holding them back from living it all this time, were bullshit all along.

Powerful bullshit, but bullshit nonetheless.