The Life Purpose Podcast on Life Signatures Radio

It has been an interesting electioneering process in Uganda. The slogan that the ruling party went with into the elections was "Securing Your Future". It seemed such a slogan to use on such matters. It probably was communicating promise and stability.

However, a couple of episodes back, I caught myself in spontaneity saying, *"You cannot secure the future because it is an unknown variable"* . Well, soon after, I had an opportunity to talk to one of my friends about it. Here is how our conversation went.

It has been an interesting electioneering process in Uganda. The slogan that the ruling party went with into the elections was "Securing Your Future". It seemed such a slogan to use on such matters. It probably was communicating promise and stability.

However, a couple of episodes back, I caught myself in spontaneity saying, *"You cannot secure the future because it is an unknown variable"* . Well, soon after, I had an opportunity to talk to one of my friends about it. Here is how our conversation went. Listen to this.

Fear can be both a good thing or a bad thing. If you are afraid of heights, it could save you from jumping from the third floor to your death. If you are afraid of public speaking though, it could rob you of an opportunity to influence and inspire.

As such, it is important for us to not over-analyze the fear. If we know what matters to us and yet we are afraid of taking action, we ought to actually go ahead and take the action. That is the way we get to know what lies on the other side of our fears.

Fear can be both a good thing or a bad thing. If you are afraid of heights, it could save you from jumping from the third floor to your death. If you are afraid of public speaking though, it could rob you of an opportunity to influence and inspire.

As such, it is important for us to not over-analyze the fear. If we know what matters to us and yet we are afraid of taking action, we ought to actually go ahead and take the action. That is the way we get to know what lies on the other side of our fears.

Here are four questions we can ask that can help buttress us so that we can feel the fear and still do it any way. Listen to this.

One of the easiest ways to gain courage is to hang around the courageous. If you wanted to be wealthy, you could hang around the wealthy. If you wanted to be wise, you could hang around the wise.

We don't have many things in our lives because we are afraid of the unknown. And so we stay in the tried, the proven and the tested, not wanting to venture out.

To discover our purpose, we might want to hang around the courageous, the fearless, the vision-filled people who are having results in their lives.

One of the easiest ways to gain courage is to hang around the courageous. If you wanted to be wealthy, you could hang around the wealthy. If you wanted to be wise, you could hang around the wise.

We don't have many things in our lives because we are afraid of the unknown. And so we stay in the tried, the proven and the tested, not wanting to venture out.

To discover our purpose, we might want to hang around the courageous, the fearless, the vision-filled people who are having results in their lives. Listen to this.

One of my favorite quotes is by Teddy Roosevelt. He said, "Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that neither knows victory nor defeat"

Let's face it: In our attempts to know what our purpose is, we have to embrace the fear of the unknown and we have to do it anyway. When we do that the feedback we get tends to move us closer...

One of my favorite quotes is by Teddy Roosevelt. He said, "Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that neither knows victory nor defeat"

Let's face it: In our attempts to know what our purpose is, we have to embrace the fear of the unknown and we have to do it anyway. When we do that the feedback we get tends to move us closer to our purpose than when we were before we did it afraid.

That's why the person daring to do great stuff is closer to their purpose than the one looking for comfort. Listen to this.

I saw a very powerful quote from T.D Jakes about #Fear. In his book, Instinct, he says, "If fear is in the car, that is Ok, for as long as it is not in the driver's seat". In other words, you might not do away with fear. The presence of fear should not stop you from moving forward.

In discovering your purpose, at times, fear is the indication of what you ought to do. If you are afraid of public speaking, how about you do it? If you are afraid of publishing the book, or article, or podcast, how about...

I saw a very powerful quote from T.D Jakes about #Fear. In his book, Instinct, he says, "If fear is in the car, that is Ok, for as long as it is not in the driver's seat". In other words, you might not do away with fear. The presence of fear should not stop you from moving forward.

In discovering your purpose, at times, fear is the indication of what you ought to do. If you are afraid of public speaking, how about you do it? If you are afraid of publishing the book, or article, or podcast, how about you do it? It seems as if the obstacle is the way.

How can we learn to embrace fear in the journey of our purpose discovery? Listen to this.