Fear and Progression

I've been listening to an audio-book written by Curtis Jackson aka Fifty Cent on how he earned his millions, thorough a mixture of savvy marketing, broad investments across many interests- amongst them liquor, the creation of G-Unit, and his TV series Power.

In his audio-book, he talked about fear and it made me wonder…

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a coward and a hero? Well, there is none. The only difference is the action each takes when faced with a situation of critical importance. A hero can still be scared stiff but will face the situation head-on despite it. 50 Cent stated that the only thing holding a person back from progressing is fear. And that it was that fear that stopped one of his good friends from becoming the business mogul they could have been, and becoming a has-been, despite having all the attributes and knowledge to succeed.

Even if you know all that can be known about the job you are in- if you don't have the right attitude, if your heart is not 100 per cent into what you are doing, and you don't know how to adapt to others to ensure their comfortability and trust is 100 per cent in you- then it will be hard to succeed, to move onwards and upwards in the direction you want to go in in life. At least, that's what I think!

You will end up frustrated until you accept your shortcomings and work on improving them, until you understand that others are not you and that your high standards are not standard across the board, until you accept that you have to work with what you have and treat them in such a way that you get the best out of everyone.

Being self-aware is actually rather difficult to achieve as it means letting go of a certain level of selfishness and not going so far with your self-focus that it becomes narcissistic.

Knowing who you are and not being afraid of other people's opinions of you are worthy goals that a lot of people don't achieve until they are elderly enough to not give a damn!

It took me until...well, let's just say it took me a long while before I felt confident enough in myself and my abilities to know what I am capable of! I am still earning my degree in Human Nature from the School of Life, but I have good people around me that I can learn from and I hope they learn as much from me and my experiences as I do from them. 

Anyway, off I go to still learn! (And if I learn as much as I read, I'll be a superb scholar at my life's end!)