From FEAR to POWER!

In today's podcast I continue focusing on the "formula for fear" that we began talking about yesterday.

However, what I want to do today is take a look at how we can CHANGE that formula from a "formula of fear" to a "FORMULA OF POWER"!

Remember, the formula that we discussed yesterday that Napoleon Hill uses in this chapter is as follows:

INDECISION + DOUBT = FEAR

If you go back and remember some of the things that we discussed throughout the book you will find these things discussed. In an earlier chapter we looked at the wealth mindset vs. the poverty mindset and we found that one main difference was the way in which they approached decisions.

Those with the wealth mindset - after examining, planning, preparing - make their decision QUICKLY and then - if ever - they change that decision slowly. However, those with the poverty mindset - usually after very little effort with planning and preparing - make their decisions very slowly (indecision) and then change it quickly and often!

INDECISION KILLS DREAMS!

So, what is the OPPOSITE of "indecision"? DECISION!

You CAN make a decision! Yes, gather the needed information and prepare adequately. But, DO NOT sit back and wait and wait and wait. Many people do this every day! Once you have done the preparation - ACT! DECIDE!

If, as Napoleon Hill suggest, "indecision crystallizes into doubt" then, once we remove that "indecision" we also remove DOUBT!

What is the OPPOSITE of "doubt"? BELIEF or FAITH!

There is a whole chapter devoted to FAITH in this book. Knowing that you have properly prepared should bring about the FAITH or BELIEF that you CAN and SHOULD move forward! If you remember the discussion we had on the chapter on "Autosuggestion" you will remember how this FAITH or BELIEF is to be repeated over and over and over again until our subconscious mind begins to absorb it. By doing so, our subconscious mind will then accept it as FACT and "automatically suggest" to us that what we propose to undertake CAN be done because it is a FACT that WE CAN DO IT!

So, now we have the following to consider:

Instead of "indecision" we now have DECISION! Instead of "doubt" we now have FAITH!

So, if indecision + doubt = fear, then what happens if we combine DECISION with FAITH?

The result is PEACE and/or POWER!

Think about it... making a DECISION and sticking to it because you KNOW that it is a good, solid decision and that you CAN follow through with it will definitely give you a solid foundation of FAITH or BELIEF on which to stand! Then, and only then, can you be at PEACE with this decision and your action and then, and only then, will you have the POWER that is needed to be successful in this endeavor.

WOW!

So, now the "formula for POWER" is as follows:

DECISION + FAITH = POWER!

Take it. Claim it. Own it. Use it!

In our next blog article and podcast we begin our discussion of the "Six Ghosts of Fear" by talking about "The Fear of Poverty".

Until then, remember...

"Make it an AWESOME Day! (Who else is going to do it for you?)"

Mike

Introduction to "Fighting Fear"

In today's podcast I continue on to the last part of the Napoleon Hill classic, "Think & Grow Rich" in which he discusses "How to Outwit the Six Ghosts of Fear".

As I mention in the podcast, although this is still part of this book and these thoughts connect with everything else that Mr. Hill discussed in his book, I am approaching this as a separate discussion for us. Yes, as I said, these things tie in directly to the discussion of this book BUT they also are such a vital thing for us to discuss in every area of our lives.

I mentioned that I had been sent a new acrostic for the word FEAR which put a positive twist on this word. AWESOME! However, for a definition of the word I still cannot come up with anything better than. F.E.A.R. (False Evidence Appearing Real).

Do you realize that the majority of the things that we fear - that we are afraid of - never come to be? A majority of these things never happen!

Too, do you realize that the very fact that we focus so much time and energy on something we fear may very well bring that thing we fear to reality - DUE TO THE ENERGY AND FOCUS WE HAVE GIVEN?

We fear the unknown! "What if?"
- WHAT IF I try to do this and I fail?
- WHAT IF I fail and I lose my house?
- WHAT IF I fail and I lose my job?
- WHAT IF I fail and I go broke?
- WHAT IF I open my heart up to this person and they don't reciprocate?
- WHAT IF I give my heart to this person and they break it?

You know enough about me by now to know that I LOVE the "What if?" question - but in a different way. Let me demonstrate:
- WHAT IF I try to do this and I succeed?
- WHAT IF I succeed and pay off my house early?
- WHAT IF I succeed and I can leave my job and pursue what I want to do?
- WHAT IF I succeed and I gain wealth beyond my wildest dreams?
- WHAT IF I open my heart up to this person and they DO reciprocate?
- WHAT IF I give my heart to this person and my heart if filled with joy beyond compare?

Napoleon Hill even gives a formula that I think is very powerful and a MUST for us to notice as we talk about the "ghosts of fear". Here it is:

INDECISION + DOUBT = FEAR

Wow! Take a close look at that one! Mr. Hill says that indecision is the seedling of doubt and that doubt will grow into fear. Please take a very close and personal look at that and realize how true it is in our own lives!

I make a bold statement in today's podcast. I state that, between Napoleon Hill and I, we will HELP YOU conquer the fear in your life! But here is the unsaid factor....IF you let us.

This is going to be a POWERFUL discussion and I hope you will plan to join me for each and every one as we begin the process of learning to "outwit the six ghosts of fear".

And, as always...

"Make it an AWESOME Day! (Who else is going to do it for you?)"

Mike