HOW TO COMBAT FEAR & ANXIETY IN THE WAR OF BUSINESS
Posted on April 21, 2018 by DR JAYANTA CHAKRAVORTY, One of Thousands of Entrepreneurship Coaches on Noomii.
How can Entrepreneur combat the inner and outer struggle of winning in business dealings?
Game changers in business do not always experience very pleasant and smooth ride in their success journey. The journey is often full of challenges, rivalry, treachery and betrayal. Sometimes huge financial losses are incurred whereas in many instances opportunity lost results in massive setbacks.How can one combat the inner and outer struggle of winning in business dealings? How to get the extra fuel? How to acquire the extraordinary abilities to scale ahead?
The answer lies in the ability to take control of your mind. When you are embracing something new and you are out of comfort zone — it is the fear in your mind that drives you.
Your ability to take control on your fear and anxiety defines your scale of leadership success.
What is fear? Technically fear is a very tiny almond shape part that controls emotion. A baby has no sense of fear or anxiety. Fear is what we accumulate through our various experiences as we grow up. Our brain is designed to recognize threat and panic that look on our face. It responds vigorously when encountering fear in order to protect us from a near collapse situation by releasing stress hormones and combats anxiety or panic attack, biologically.
However, sometimes in the long run, fear has positive influence on us too. It is fear that forces us to excel, bring change, to compete, to innovate to get good score in exam. Whether real or imaginary, for present and future, fear often drives our fuel.
hese three-step exercises may help you combat the fear and anxiety in the war of business:
Step 1 – Know the Power of Imagination
In every corner of the world, individuals are taking leaps of faith to uncertainty and into the mysterious, trampling upon fears, big or small, conquering apprehension, colossal or devastating, so that they can experience the power of their actual talent, to follow their own heart and find the real calling of their lives. Every day, miracles are happening when someone is abandoning fear and espousing courage. As an entrepreneur, you too can raise your value to match your potential if you can deal with your fears with the power of your imagination.
There is no proof better than your own feeling when you dump fear rather than let it take control you. If you have done it, bravo! If you have not, do it now!Overwrite Anxiety Image
When you are in a business venture and are negotiating a deal with a team or client – feelings you are carrying inside affect your entire deal. Do your homework rigorously to expunge all fear of failure and focus on the merits of your project and proposal.
If you are focussed, motivated – it means you are carrying the positive, empowering image and emotion in your journey. When you are energised you energise others.
