What Are They Afraid Of

Garth Beyer

Fear Points WIth Your Project

If you’re reading this, you’re full of ideas, you’re a freelancer or entrepreneur, you’re wanting to take risks to be a better you.

I can tell you now, you’re going to face a lot of resistance, especially from people you care about.

While my first piece of advice is to keep your projects to yourself, to prove yourself right and make it happen without telling 100 people that you’re going to make it happen; that’s not always easy.

There comes a time when you need to tell family and friends about your endeavor. You need to pitch to investors. You need to tell your colleagues that you’re taking initiative to do the thing you’ve always been talking about doing. With that, you’ll ignite a lot of fear points.

That’s why it pays to consider what they are going to be afraid of? Are they going to be afraid for your security? Afraid of their friends you’ll be competing with? Afraid you’ll fail because they don’t want to see you hurt?

I’ve learned that one of the best ways to start telling anyone about your idea is to begin with addressing their fears. Personally, for my discussions/pitches/introductions, I start with “Here’s what I want to do. Here’s why it might not work.” And then I address the reality of each of those points. Have you?

 

Stay Positive & Speak To Fears And You’ll Speak To What They Want To Know

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