It’s important for you to know that I’m not as brave as I appeared in my yesterday’s IG stories or in these pictures.
In fact, my first reaction when I saw that exercise was “Hell no, I’m not doing that!”. 🙅🏻♀️ I put up a lot of protests, I whined, I reasoned to myself that I don’t have to do it.
And you know what? I was right, no one can make me do it except myself.
For 2 days, during the workshop, I was so comfortable just TALKING about how I understood fear - the THEORY of FEAR. Like I’m an expert and I’d 100% embrace it when it’s required of me to take the leap.
And when there’s an opportunity for me to conquer my limiting beliefs, I hesitated.
But I also knew that I had to do it, despite joking that I should probably write a note to my children to tell them that I love them. 😆
Once I decided that I would do it, It was over in less than 10 seconds. It felt so good that I pushed through.
Many times in life, we don’t take the leap because we are afraid of leaving what is familiar to us. The fear of the unknown is often amplified because that’s how our brain functions. Its job is to keep us safe. Unknown isn’t safe.
So don’t beat yourself up if you haven’t taken the leap towards your goals, my friend.
What I’ve learned through the exercise, is to keep my eyes on the goal (to break the arrow), pay no attention to my fear (the arrow) and just move forward despite the initial discomfort.
Peer pressure - seeing everyone around me doing it, breaking their limiting beliefs and cheering me on, helped too. So look around you, surround yourself with supportive people and if you don’t have people like that in your life, consider reaching out to people you admire. I also find that following people on social media who inspire me helps to put me in right frame of mind on a daily basis too.
I hope this sharing have inspired you in a small way.
Rooting for you,
Michelle @ Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre
