Fear is something that everybody has to face sometimes in their lives. Whenever you start something new, whenever you start a new career, a new project, whenever you enter unknown territory there is usually fear involved. It is natural. But it can be controlled. Whenever you are fearful you imagine the future outcome of your planned action to be worse than the outcome of your non-action. The only...
Two days ago a friend of mine asked me if I wanted to run a fun triathlon competition with him. It was a quarter of the distance of a normal Ironman competition (1 km swimming, 40 km cycling, 10 km running). Immediately I said: “Yes, why not?” since I always wanted to do it, although I had nearly no training what so ever. I knew I could do it, although I also knew that it will be...
Whatever kind of emotion you feel is a signal. It is a call to action. Your emotions are there for a reason and therefore you should listen to your them very carefully. Whenever you feel a certain emotion, recognize it in your body, but don’t identify with it. Instead try to understand why they arose in the first place and investigate what they might want to “tell” you. For...