How To Overcome Your Fear, Learn Any Skill And Achieve Your Goals

Overcoming fear is essential to success.

The truth is that we all start out afraid — the truth is that anyone who is good at something, started out by being afraid of it.

Or at least intimidated.

Henry Ford knew as much when he said

“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.” — Henry Ford

My professional career started out in telemarketing. I was 16 years old, and the phone might as well have been my mortal enemy. I looked at that thing like it was a dragon to be slain, and I was Frodo without a sword.

Pick Up The Phone — And Start Dialing

I remember I was literally hyper-ventilating, my heart was beating a mile per minute, and I had no idea what I was going to do once I picked up the phone and dialed the first customer.