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Is Growing Your Business Triggering Fear?
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Kendall SummerHawk
Kendall SummerHawk, Million Dollar Marketing Coach, helps women entrepreneurs charge what they're worth and get it. Join her for a free call "The Secret Energy of Money: How to Attract & Keep More in the Next 12 Months Than You Have in the Past 3 Years." Register today.
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By Kendall SummerHawk
Published on 03/10/2010
 
Eek! In your heart you want to grow your business but every time you think about it, or begin to take action, you're beset with fear.

Relax, it's okay. I'm not going to tell you to just "muscle through it." That's a very masculine approach that doesn't work well for women. And, it often only serves to create more fear.

People see how much fun and success I have with my business and think that I'm long past the fear stage.

Is Growing Your Business Triggering Fear?
Eek! In your heart you want to grow your business but every time you think about it, or begin to take action, you're beset with fear.

Relax, it's okay. I'm not going to tell you to just "muscle through it." That's a very masculine approach that doesn't work well for women. And, it often only serves to create more fear.

People see how much fun and success I have with my business and think that I'm long past the fear stage.

Uh, no, I'm not.

The difference now is, I've learned that fear is a natural stage that we all go through when we're stepping up and playing bigger.

Along my path of growing my business from frustrating five figures just three short years ago, to now being a home-based, multi-million dollar coaching company, I learned the real meaning of fear and what to do when I feel it.

Let me share with you 3 key tips that will help you achieve your goals so you can fulfill your desire to have a financially and spiritually successful business, even when fear tries to capture you in its grip.

Tip #1 The Real Meaning Of Fear Is This...

Anytime you're stepping up into a new level of success with your business, you're bound to trigger fear. Reason is, fear flows from an ancient part of you that wants everything to stay exactly the same. Of course, that's not possible but trying to reason with fear is like reasoning with a toddler.

What I do when I feel fear is celebrate it! Understand that it's simply a part of the natural process of growth. Look at it this way: if you're not feeling fear about taking action with your business then the action probably isn't big enough for you.

Tip #2 Ask Yourself, "What's The Worst That Can Happen?"

The power of fear lies in its ability to get you to spookily imagine all sorts of yucky things happening. But if you pinpoint what's the worst that can happen, then create an idea of how you would handle that situation if it did happen (which is unlikely, anyway) then you're going to relax and feel more confident about moving forward.

Tip #3 Ask The Fear, "What Is Its Positive Intention?"

This may be a little whoo-whoo for you but truly, the fear has a positive intention for you. All you need to do is ask what it is, then listen and within seconds you'll have the answer.

Once you have the answer you can choose other ways of honoring that intention that still allow you to move forward in a bold and powerful way. This practice removes all of the conflict or fight that feeling fear can trigger and replaces it with a sense of compassion, honor and respect. This is the Divine Feminine Way.

You Have The Power To Choose The Purpose Fear Can Serve In Your Business

By choosing to see fear as serving a purpose you demystify it, robbing it of its power and thus allowing your REAL power to flow through you unimpeded, as it's meant to.

So, whatever that next big step forward is for you with your business whether it's raising your fees, joining a high end master mind, redesigning your business model or perhaps hiring an assistant, remember this: as long as your desire to achieve what you want is greater than your fear, let any feelings of fear serve to confirm you're on the right path.