A wise man once said "to challenge yourself is to give yourself a chance". Fears are self created, their strength vanishes when you face them but they grow bigger and look more scary when you refuse to face them.
I was scared of a lot of things, one of them was public presentation. Talking to a large crowd was always a problem to me, and by large I mean more than one person. I had an interview once and for the final stage, I had to present a project I had worked on. I wore my best suit, printed out my slides, prayed and was ready to present. On seeing others coming back from the presentation room crying, I became scared. Doubts on my work started building in my mind and I started formulating questions that I felt they would ask.
When my name was called, I walked into the room, only to be introduced to professors of engineering and doctors of English. My fear level rose up. Then I remembered that one, I just prayed some moments ago and I trust God to help me overcome those fears. Two, this was my work and all I'm here to do was to inform them of my discoveries. Courage rose up within me and I spoke to the panel.
After a bunch of questions and explanations, they were excited at my findings. Guess what? Those imaginary questions I formed in my head were never asked. So fear most times isn't real.
What do you fear?
I was scared of a lot of things, one of them was public presentation. Talking to a large crowd was always a problem to me, and by large I mean more than one person. I had an interview once and for the final stage, I had to present a project I had worked on. I wore my best suit, printed out my slides, prayed and was ready to present. On seeing others coming back from the presentation room crying, I became scared. Doubts on my work started building in my mind and I started formulating questions that I felt they would ask.
When my name was called, I walked into the room, only to be introduced to professors of engineering and doctors of English. My fear level rose up. Then I remembered that one, I just prayed some moments ago and I trust God to help me overcome those fears. Two, this was my work and all I'm here to do was to inform them of my discoveries. Courage rose up within me and I spoke to the panel.
After a bunch of questions and explanations, they were excited at my findings. Guess what? Those imaginary questions I formed in my head were never asked. So fear most times isn't real.
What do you fear?
Analyze your fear and face it.
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