Great article Steve, and even better, absolute perfect timing.
I have an event this weekend, for which I am a newbie at, and all day I have been fighting excuses and reasons why I shouldn't proceed. I can feel fear, I knew I was lacking courage, but I couldn't pinpoint what exactly was driving this to get myself motivated correctly. Was it the fear of failure, of looking like a 'newbie', or the possibility of injury since it is an active sport, or what. I thoroughly enjoyed myself when I pushed through twice now....but for some reason there is a large barrier that keeps holding me back.
Your article made me realize how much its the newbie fear, the fear of looking foolish or inexperienced.....and how I DO totally need to embrace that, enjoy something that I have fun at, and move past this. My perspective immediately shifted, and I am now focused on getting past the newbie stage, and instead of tentavily tackling this, going in headfirst and 100% into the barrier, and blowing past it.
So off I go again tomorrow, time to relish the chance to be a newbie and make mistakes so I can grow and calibrate to this new skill.
Thanks again for the bit of well timed clarity.
Erin
Castle Rock, CO
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