Often as we start out on our startup paths we come face-to-face with old and new fears. We all go through these emotions. Sometimes this takes us away from our paths for a brief period of times and sometimes we give up our startup dreams. Other times we keep chugging along driving with the brakes pressed down, getting more and more exhausted with time and finally burning out. I recently saw Tim Ferriss’s TED talk from Dec 08 and love his advice on how to deal with fears. Here are some highlights:fear is your friendfear is an indicator that shows you what you should dowhen faced with fear ask yourself what is the worse that can happentake analytical frameworks, capabilities you have and apply them to old fears and very big dreamsCheck out the entire talk:
Often as we start out on our startup paths we come face-to-face with old and new fears. We all go through these emotions. Sometimes this takes us away from our paths for a brief period of times and sometimes we give up our startup dreams. Other times we keep chugging along driving with the brakes pressed down, getting more and more exhausted with time and finally burning out. I recently saw Tim Ferriss’s TED talk from Dec 08 and love his advice on how to deal with fears. Here are some highlights:
fear is your friend
fear is an indicator that shows you what you should do
when faced with fear ask yourself what is the worse that can happen
take analytical frameworks, capabilities you have and apply them to old fears and very big dreams
Check out the entire talk: