Permission to Fail In order to make better decisions, we have to give ourselves permission to fail. We have to make failure okay to experience. I know that I’ll make new mistakes in the future. But I don’t beat myself up when I make a bad decision. I forgive myself in advance. I know that [...]
Your Ideal Future Self One thing that helped me a lot was to imagine the kind of man I wanted to become. I’d sit down and visualize what he was like, and I’d have imaginary conversations with him. “What would you do?” I’d ask. Then I’d listen for his answer. At first I felt that [...]
It’s been said that good judgment is the result of experience, and experience is the result of bad judgment. That’s very true. In order to build experience and develop your wisdom and intelligence, you have to make a lot of decisions and see how they turn out. If you avoid making decisions because you’re afraid [...]
The Vibration of Courage Courage is a very powerful vibration. When you act with courage and confidence, your goals and intentions will manifest much more readily because you’re actively moving toward them instead of hoping they’ll magically appear at your door. Hope is a very weak vibration — it doesn’t manifest squat! If you shrink [...]
Courage Training But how do you do this? How do you build up your courage to face and overcome your fears? There are many methods you can use. My personal favorite is progressive training. Start by tackling a very small version of your fear. Face it over and over again. Once you can do that [...]
Stepping Up On some level, you must see how silly your fears really are… and how utterly lame it is to let them have any say in how you live your life. What’s the big deal about walking up to a stranger and trying to start a conversation? What’s the worst outcome? They might be [...]
Building Your Courage Fear melts when you face it head on. It really does. When you fail to face up to it, the fear grows and grows. Fear is really nothing but an illusion, but your thoughts make it seem real. When you realize it’s only illusion and run straight at it, the fear dissolves [...]
A pattern I’ve noticed with many would-be Law of Attraction enthusiasts is that they often try to use the LoA as a substitute for courage. Instead of facing their fears head on, they shrink back and focus on forming and visualizing intentions, hoping they can somehow attract what they want without having to stretch beyond [...]
Keep It Spicy When you do something often enough, and it loses most of the mystery, it can become rather boring, even if you were once deathly afraid of it. In those situations it’s up to you to keep increasing the challenge to create new growth experiences. Turn it into a game, and have fun [...]
Taking the Plunge Saying yes to that first step can be very difficult. We have a tendency to fear the unknown. The mysterious seems like it could be dangerous. In most cases, however, there’s very little real danger. Where are the edges of your comfort zone? What areas of potential growth do you think about [...]
