When Tony Horton is directing an exercise and asks you to do 25 v-up roll-ups, he says, “imagine if you had to do a hundred.”
Of course, 100 would kill you. (Not really, but it feels like it.)
There are two mentalities you can run with when faced with the fear of shipping.
You can settle your fear by saying at least you’re not doing 100, at least you’re not presenting in front of 2,000 people, at least you’re not posting a blog a day. Or…or…
You can do the 100 v-up roll-ups and realize you didn’t die. You can present in to 2,000 people and realize it’s easier than presenting to 20 because when looking out at the audience you see a blob of people and the light’s in your eyes and it’s as if there’s no one out there. You can post a blog a day and realize not as many people read your blog as you thought would.
When it comes to shipping, it doesn’t matter if you ship once or 1,000 times, you’re making yourself open to criticism – both from others and from yourself. (How dare you think your work is good enough? Ha, look at how much money you wasted on a website redesign and no one even looks at it!)
It just so happens, when you go in for the long run, when you do the more fearful action, it’s easier to put the fear behind you. When you deal with small increments, the fear is always in your face.
I saw a great sticker to put on the side mirrors of vehicles. It says, “objects in mirror are losing.”
The more miles you put in, the more true the statement is, but instead of objects, it’s your fears.
Stay Positive & Do More. Fear Doesn’t Deserve To Win
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