Fear is a normal human reaction to change, even change we are choosing! When clients come to coaching, they are excited about achieving or experiencing something new. They may be dissatisfied with their career and want one that is more fulfilling, they may be eager to grow their business or enhance their growth opportunities.
Whatever the goal, when faced with taking that commitment step to really push forward, we often stop in our tracks. Stopping is a normal reaction, how we move forward dispite the fear is what separates successfulness from stuckness.
When faced with fear, here are some questions to ask yourself:
- What am I truly afraid of?
- Why am I fearful of that?
- What is it that I really want?
- How will this path/solution/strategy I am fearful of get me what I want?
- Am I really afraid or just resisting?
- What one tiny step can I take to move forward?
These are questions that I am asking myself these days as I embark on growing my own career/life coaching business. I have several enticing options to consider and not feeling the connection to any one of them yet. There is also some fear coming up – for me, it sounds like “will this experience/product deliver what it is I am wanting? What AM I really wanting for my business? For my clients?
My next step? To take some time to answer the main question first – what DO I truly want for my business and my clients? How will each product/solution get me to that goal?
Feel like fear is stopping you from going for what you want? What will be YOUR first/next step?