Most of the things we’re afraid of are actually other things.

Fear is sneaky like that. Always wearing disguises to throw us off.

THE GOOD NEWS IS: If you can identify the fear behind the fear, you can beat it.

More than that – you can use it.

As a compass.

As a fuel source.

As an invitation to evolve.

Today we’re going to explore a collection of fears, the bigger fears behind them and to convert them into something more useful:

• It’s not the fear of falling.
• It’s the fear of letting go.
• It’s not the fear of death.
• It’s the fear of insignificance.
• It’s not the fear of boredom.
• It’s the fear of not mattering.
• It’s not the fear of change.
• It’s the fear of feeling helpless.
• It’s not the fear of commitment.
• It’s the fear of choosing wrongly.
• It’s not the fear of love.
• It’s the fear of trusting the wrong person and getting your heart stepped on.
• It’s not the fear of making a poor impression.
• It’s the fear of meeting someone and then being forgotten.
• It’s not the fear of termination.
• It’s the fear of feeling unwanted.
• It’s not the fear of being replaced.
• It’s the fear of discovering that you never actually had a place.
• It’s not the fear of going it alone.
• It’s the fear of leaving behind the world you know.
• It’s not the fear of intimacy.
• It’s the fear of giving yourself away and being rejected.
• It’s not the fear of losing.
• It’s the fear of not living up to your own standards.
• It’s not the fear of moving away.
• It’s the fear of feeling guilty for leaving.
• It’s not the fear of poverty.
• It’s the fear of shame.
• It’s not the fear of reflection.
• It’s the fear of confrontation.
• It’s not the fear of saying no.
• It’s the fear of feeling like an asshole.
• It’s not the fear of selling.
• It’s the fear of losing your audience.
• It’s not the fear of speaking.
• It’s the fear of amplifying.
• It’s not the fear of success.
• It’s the fear of the changes success will bring.
• It’s not the fear of technology.
• It’s the fear of irrelevancy.
• It’s not the fear of winning.
• It’s the fear of living up to victory’s expectations.
• It’s not the fear of writing.
• It’s the fear of nakedness.
• It’s not the fear of losing love.
• It’s the fear of realizing that you never had it in the first place.

REMEMBER: Fear is sneaky.

Don’t let it trick you.