Be Fearless: Dissolve all self-contradictions!
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I recently read a quote in a magazine which went something like this,
“You are not afraid that you will never become the king of the universe. But you are afraid that you will not become successful like your brother.”
It got me thinking about one of the essential qualities for an entrepreneur – Being Fearless!
Entrepreneurs are those who decide to say “good bye” to a dull life. A person who leads a dull life will not have much to fear. He has nothing much to lose, nothing much to decide. He is not taking many risks. But an entrepreneur who is doing many things and making many decisions will experience fear.
Every entrepreneurial venture deals with the unknown. When you start out on a venture, you are dealing with things that are mere possibilities, things that are not definite or known. It is natural to have self-contradicting thoughts and differing road-maps to pursue. And as long as there is the possibility of losing something, it is natural to feel fear. That is the nature of life itself.
Fearlessness therefore does not mean non-existence of fear. It means the fear is there, but you have tremendous energy or courage to live with it and face it. Fearlessness means having the courage to live even with the maximum fear and going beyond it.
Every time you face fear, do not disrespect yourself. Do not lose confidence or condemn yourself. For an entrepreneur, each day will (and should) present new challenges and new opportunities. Cherish these moments and give it all you have. Remember, in business and in life, there are no ordinary moments!
I am at a crucial funding phase for my new venture and can fully appreciate what you rightly point out. Thanks for the vote of confidence on entrepreneurs in this economy!
All the very best with your fund raising – Raj
First time visiting this site. Very nice articles. Read it all in one go and re-reading again.
It is awesome article. Actually I always try to face when I have some fear while doing some challenging work. I always realize after doing it, it feels like so fun of doing it and giving more and more confidence to take up challenges not only professional life but also personal life.
Thanks!
Hemali
Sounds motivating and pepping.
There are two kinds of Entrepreneurs
Type 1- Entrepreneurs with passion and/or good for others
Type 2- Entrepreneurs with greed (i.e. of a gambler mind frame)
(Reason is important than the path – one choose an eventful or uneventful life/path)
Right reasoning can eradicate fear and self contradicting thoughts.
I will vouch for this article as an excellent explanation of fear which people like me in business face daily.
Well said!
Vinod
I concur totally.
love the def of fearlessness….
It was great pleasure to read the article.
Well done Raj!
Great article. enough for today.
“Fearlessness therefore does not mean non-existence of fear. It means the fear is there, but you have tremendous energy or courage to live with it and face it”
Awesome.
Thank you
AnkammaRao
Thanks for these straighforward and inspiring words.
Thanks for sharing this with us Raj. Very inspiring and well meaning.
so nice and to the point.
Very Inspiring Raj….first time I got this link and it is really awesome!!