Overcome Your Terror Barrier: Why it’s good to be scared.

We need to be scared because we’re lazy. Yup, that’s right. The cat’s out of the bag. If we didn’t have to do something, we would all sit around like couch potatoes.

With that said, here are some suggestions to help you overcome the terror barriers in your life:

1. Zen out. Think, ponder, meditate. Sometimes in the silence great ideas are born. (I’ve found that these ideas are usually the ones that produce the terror barrier in the first place because they move me to be a better person by getting me out of my comfort zone.)

2. See Your Shrink. You don’t necessarily have to pay someone to help you. Almost everyone has a great friend that they discuss their ideas with. Take your great idea and share it with a supportive friend. They can probably add to your idea and help you with some of the logistics.

3. Buy Nike™. Not the shoes, but the attitude of “Just Do It.” Do something towards making your idea a reality. Once you get going, the path will become clear. I’ve discovered that often I can’t see the whole road in front of me. I have a goal, but I’m not quite sure how I’m going to get to that goal. So I start doing something – almost anything is better than just sitting on the couch and vegetating. As you work towards achieving your idea, other ways to accomplish your goal occur to you.

4. Enjoy the journey. Yea, I know. This is a trite saying that I didn’t appreciate until I had children. Babies are cute, kids are fun, teenagers are fantastic. I have enjoyed my children at all stages of their development. At each stage I thought it couldn’t get any better than it was. It continued to get better. (Now I’m a grandma and that is truly a blast!)

So what tips do you have for overcoming your terror barriers? (If you don’t have any, then just get off the couch and go to a spook alley tonight. It will get your adrenaline flowing, and remind you that it really is more fun to participate in life than sit on the couch.)