Is fear a legitimate problem that keeps you from getting things done so that you can become the best you?

I don’t know about you, but for me, that answer is a legitimate yes right now. I feel like I have so many things going on that I’m afraid if I try to do even one more thing, I’ll fail. It’s overwhelming (you can read more about being overwhelmed here).

When it comes to a challenge, failure doesn’t feel like something you just try again. I know the world is full of people that failed but just simply tried again and completed whatever they were working on.

But can you do that when fear is a problem constantly in the way?

I want to start another 75 Hard Challenge and finish it. When I finish a challenge it always feels great. When I fail it feels horrible.

75 Hard will make you a better person. If you do as prescribed 75 Hard Program designed by Andy Frisella you will become mentally tougher than you have ever been before. But if you fail, you will feel like a failure more than ever before.

I completed my original challenge years ago and it gave me everything that was promised. I was tougher than I think I’ve ever been (mentally), I lost weight, and I got more physically in shape. It was great. But that feeling quickly dissipated as life got in the way of me being better.

Does life ever get in the way of you becoming a better person? Me Too!

The hard part is doing the little things, again and again, every day to be a better person.

Doing things that make you better is important but not urgent and gets buried by everything else you have to do every day.

Right now I’m looking at a way to overcome the fear of starting so that I can become better. And I haven’t found some profound thing that I can share with you… yet.

I know every slogan about overcoming fear out there right now… even Nike’s “Just Do It” isn’t very helpful.

What I’m learning, the hard way is to overcome the fear and get started again, I’m going to have to give something up. And I don’t know what to give up.

Should I give up sleep, time with family, time at work, or rest and recovery time?

The one thing I’d like to give up is rest and recovery time. I have never felt like that was productive. But when I try and give that up; I can’t get off the couch to do anything and feel lazy.

This fear problem is a vicious cycle that will take all your willpower to overcome. Right now I’m changing my schedule and doing my long bike rides (I’m training for the L’Estape bike race in San Antonio) and to hit my time goal, I need hours in on the bike. But after doing a long ride, I need lots of rest and recovery time. So that is going into the afternoon part of my day so that I can get this done now.

The only thing that I’ve learned about overcoming the fear (False Evidence Appearing Real) problem is to tinker with my life and add one little thing in. Then tinker with my life and add one more little thing in.

What are you doing to overcome the fear problem in your life?

Ben Branam

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