Fear is the biggest enemy in your quest for building total self-confidence. It is a fatal emotion and if you let it take over the course of your life, it becomes virtually impossible to live and create the lifestyle you always dream of.

Not everyone has the same reaction to fear. In fact a lot of people cope very well with it and actually build a very successful life while generating a huge amount of self-confidence, even in what could be considered a stressful environment.

But before we go into the details of how to overcome fear and worry, let’s do a quick review of this very real emotion called fear.

An interesting fact is that we are born with only two fears: the fear of falling and the fear of loud noises.

So what about the others?

The fear of spiders, heights, animals, blood, water and so on. Well, we developed those fears ourselves. That includes the biggest fear of all: the fear of failure.

When you feel any negative energy in your body, just notice how that fear shows up. Is it the feeling of being judged or the feeling of failure?

As you ask these deeper questions, you will get a sense for what is essentially holding you back in the moment. By honestly looking at these feelings, you will bring honesty to the situation and open up a new world of possibilities.

Many people act most of their lives out of fear. They place a lot of focus and energy in support of a premise or opinion that is based around fears, worry, doubts and suspicion about the world at large. This can relate to relationships with other people, the government, speaking to new people, their job and so on. This leads to a lifestyle where the aim is simply to avoid more pain. Avoiding pain becomes the main factor in their life because the fear of further loss is so prevalent. Their reality continues to narrow around a very small window of opportunity. This kills any self-confidence that they once had.

By letting your dominant thoughts narrow around the failure mindset, you are quite literally navigating yourself to fail. You are constantly replaying the thoughts and images of past failures in your mind when you adopt this mindset.

Check this out for yourself by answering the following questions:

• Do you state, “I know I’ll fail” before even trying?

• How often do you think about failure?

• Do you often think “I always lose”, “that’s just what I’m like” or any other reason why you think you’ll fail again.

If you answered yes, then you are likely suffering because of the beliefs you have adopted in relationship to fear. There are always going to situations which create a sense of fear simply because you step outside your comfort zone.

In such circumstances you are moving forward, but the fear can stop you dead in your tracks. One powerful strategy for overcoming fear is to build such a powerful vision for your life that you face anything and step up to any challenge.

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Holding grudges, both consciously and beneath the surface, will seriously erode your energy and prevent you from being able to fully focus on manifesting your desires. Fortunately once you acknowledge the need to forgive, the rest is easy.

Most people resist the idea of forgiveness because they want to hold on to blaming others for their problems. However, even when others do play a hand in the “negative” events of our life, we can never fully move pat such events without mindfully forgiving and letting go.

And most of us carry around considerable burden from our past. We may not consciously remember a grudge but still be holding it tightly.

If you have ever seen an old acquaintance and immediately become bitter about a past event that you hadn’t even thought of for months or years, you have experienced firsthand the human ability to refuse forgiveness. The fact is we must make a specific effort to forgive and let go in order to release harmful and negative energies.

And forgiveness need not involve a conversation, or any type of interaction, with another person. True forgiveness and letting go take place completely in our minds and actually have little to do with people outside of us.

One great way to achieve forgiveness is to write the person you are holding hostility towards a letter explaining that you no longer hold them in any way accountable and that you wish them the best of love and happiness in life. Be sure to put honest emotion into the letter, and then feel free to throw it away once you’re finished.

Again, there is no need to even communicate with the other person. This is about you and not them.

If you can’t think of anyone you might be holding a grudge against, you could say out loud that you wish to forgive and release from responsibility any parents, family members, friends from past and present, employers and coworkers, customers, and businesses that you have ever had a disagreement with. Also decide to be aware each day of resentments and hostilities as they arise and be prepared to forgive and let go when the need arises.

In doing this, also be sure to address any angers you might hold against the universe, God, or whatever you use to refer to the events of life. Many people go through life feeling they are victims of circumstance, and this is an enormous obstacle to achieving any type of happiness and prosperity. By consciously forgiving the universe for anything you have previously felt victimized for you will free up massive amounts of creative energy.

And most importantly of all, you need to take the time to forgive yourself. All of us become angry with ourselves from time to time. While it’s healthy to hold high self-expectations, it is very damaging to resent yourself for perceived failures and mistakes.

Tell yourself that every experience you’ve had in life is taking you in the direction you want to go. Refuse to believe in the myth of “wasted time” and understand that your journey is a process of learning and growing.

Let go of anything you are holding against yourself, and allow your true greatness to surface. This is one of the most important steps you will ever take on your path to abundance and happiness.

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