The other week, I was sitting in a cafe looking out over the rooftops of London when a question came to mind:
“What’s your biggest fear?”
The thing I found so interesting is that my thoughts didn’t follow the expected path of scanning through my past and future memories looking for a specific fear to call their own. Instead, they went to the practical implications of the question and an exploration of the nature of fear itself…
When I first began studying psychology and spirituality nearly 25 years ago, I did it for completely selfish reasons. I was emotionally unstable, deeply depressed, and felt victimized by my brain chemistry…
One of the most popular programs I’ve ever run was called “Creating the Impossible”. The premise was simple – choose a target that you figure you have a less than 50% chance of reaching, and then go for it, playing full out and fearless without any real sense that you “should” be able to get there…
I was doing a coaching intensive last week with a self-described “control freak” who was eager to master the inside-out understanding and get even more of the benefits of that understanding for herself. Based on the increased feelings of fearlessness, insight, and freedom she had already experienced, she told me that she was willing to commit fully to the process and put every strategy I shared with her into immediate action…
