This week in the Entrepreneurship class we had an activity
that caused us to write about our fears.
Apparently, this is a practice that has been around for centuries, from
the Roman orator Seneca. It was
interesting to me that I as reflected on my fears, I didn’t have as many as I
thought I did and two of the three that I wrote about I hadn’t realize how deep
they had been buried in my psyche. How
this exercise is done is: 1) write down the fear, 2) write strategies how to
mitigate the fear, and 3) how would one get back to the status quo if this fear
actually happened.
The first fear I wrote about is starting a business and then
having it fail. The other “buried” fears were about personal relationships and
health. I found it interesting as I
worked through this exercise that I all ready had strategies in place to
mitigate the risks of my fears. I’m
fairly confident the strategies I have in place will insure success and the
fears will be unrealized. As I wrote
about how to get back to the status quo, I realized it wasn’t so bad. It wouldn’t be pleasant during the journey
back, but it wouldn’t kill me either.
So what are your fears?
Can you write them down and do this exercise? I do promise that it will help give you some
peace of mind.
