Episode 11 

Fear Part 2

Intro

Outside Forces

• “Fear is a great teacher!”  FALSE!!
• Coach the whole person.  Not just the athlete
• “We are fooled into believing fear is a positive emotion.” - Brendon Burchard in the Motivation Manifesto
• “Fear harms more people in life than those who benefit from it.” - Burchard
• “We have distorted fear into a tool for the ego's protection.” -  Burchard

Ego

• The drive to maintain or enhance good views of oneself or that of the inflated opinion.

Constructed Fear

• Not trying a new game
• Playing it cool
• Sitting passive

If I don’t go then I won't fail mentality

• Stuck in the void
• No skin in the game
• No learning takes place
• No joy is found
• No life-giving rewards achieved

The gravitational pull of this mentality

• The destroyer of good teams/culture
• The PE class with doers and the nondoers
• Friend circles
• Working culture

Organic positivity fertilizes organic positivity

Strategies for overcoming FEAR

• Tame the mind
• Look fear in the eye
• “Attempting to conceal fear as a friend is like forcing a wolf to be a pet.  Soon the pet will eat us alive.” Burchard
  • We will regret our inactions and this will have negative consequences on our confidence.
  • Confidence erosion through inaction
•  Triggers
  • Is what I’m telling myself a lie deep down?
  • On the Journey to Betterment mentality
• “A lot of good people have chosen the shallow end of history.  They never really made their mark in the deep end.” - Burchard
• Brandon Lilly +1 mentality