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What is Your Biggest Fear with Jacqueline Wales
Have you found yourself doubting your capabilities? Are you often being swallowed by your fears and thoughts so much so that it affects your work? Are you ready to overcome these fears and doubts and start to finally grow?
Fear will always scare you unless you decide to face it and look at it in a different way. In simple terms, fear is just an expectation that did not go as planned. It will control you if you let it, but if you choose to take time, reflect on your actions, and deeply question what is your motivation, then you will be one step closer to your amazing growth. So, are you ready to face the uncomfortable yet rewarding change?
Jacqueline Wales has explored human behavior and asked tough questions to discover hard truths for more than 35 years. She believes in the power of fearlessness to create the career and life you want. As a motivational speaker, professional coach, author of The Fearless Factor and other books, Jacqueline has helped countless people become more empowered, confident, and resilient.
In this episode, Jacqueline shares her insights on how to overcome the fear of failure or the fear of success and be your most authentic and motivated self in order to unlock your full potential in business and in life.
What you will learn from this episode:
● Discover how to change fear into growth by questioning
● Find out how failure is simply an expectation that did not go as planned
● Learn more about how to overcome the imposter syndrome and recognize your capabilities
“In change, you've got to get comfortable being uncomfortable, because then you've got an opportunity to grow.”
- Jacqueline Wales
Valuable Free Resource:
● How to know more about you and your motivations in order to overcome self-doubt and fear: https://thefearlessfactoratwork.com/
Topics Covered:
02:03 - Challenge is the fear of not doing it in the right way and self-doubt, thus, not being able to move on and open themselves to new possibilities
05:12 - Not making room for themselves and being often busy with little to no time for personal activities: the common mistake business women leaders make when trying to change
06:11 - One free and actionable tip you can do to address your fears and welcome growth: Most of our dysfunctional behaviors, in my experience, are fear-based. So, you have to examine the fear and ask yourself, you know, exactly what is that? And do I have empirical evidence that whatever I'm fearful of, whatever I'm uncertain about, do I have real proof that this is exactly how it's going to pan out?
08:35 - One valuable resource to help you know more about you and your motivations in order to overcome self-doubt and fear: Question your motivations
10:35 - Q: What’s your biggest fear? A: I like to say that failure is simply a choice or decision or an expectation that didn't go the way that you wanted it to. Very simple. So, failures or iterations, failures are those you know, tried something didn't work, go try something else.
Key Takeaways:
“Look for the proof, look for the evidence. If it's not there, it's excuses, and then move beyond the excuses.” - Jacqueline Wales
“I understand the stresses and strains and her circumstances of our life, but nevertheless, if you don't make room for yourself in there it's very, very hard for you to make the changes that you want to make.” - Jacqueline Wales
“Too many times we go through life with a lot of assumptions, but no research to back that assumption up. And that, of course, stymies your growth and stops you from maybe taking a larger step forward, or taking a bigger risk around asking for what you want.”
- Jacqueline Wales
“Think about what it is that ultimately matters to you, and I think that's a big question right there. What about what you're trying to do matters to you? And if you have a clear answer, then the next piece of that is, "Okay, so what's your strategy for moving forward?"
- Jacqueline Wales
Ways to Connect with Jacqueline Wales:
● Website: https://thefearlessfactoratwork.com/
Ways to Connect with Sarah E. Brown:
● Website: https://www.sarahebrown.com
● Twitter: https://twitter.com/knowguides