30 days: Change your habits, Change your life

disappointed with the things you didn’t do than with the ones
that you did do.”
Or as one of my favorite sayings goes: “Never
regret the things you did; only those you never tried!” 
So face these
fears!
Ninety per cent of them are pure imagination anyway.
Illusions! Incredible stories of drama and disaster that will probably
never happen and are made up by your mind—“the world’s greatest
director of soap operas”, as T. Harv Eker says—to keep you in your
comfort zone. The only problem is that great things like
development, growth and success happen outside of the comfort
zone.
Fear is a survival mechanism of your mind. Your mind wants to
keep you safe and anything that your mind doesn’t know, scares it. I
had many fears in my life and still do, but I learned to overcome
them and behind my fears, great opportunities waited for me. So I
made it a habit to use my fear as a springboard. Just ask yourself,

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“What’s the worst thing that can happen to me if I do this?”
Then evaluate if the risk is worth taking or not.
Be careful! There is also a price for not taking a risk or stepping out
of your comfort zone. Ask yourself, 
“What price am I paying for
staying the same or not doing this?”
Is it an even higher one than
the price of taking the risk? This also includes intangible things like
inner peace, happiness, health, etc. 
Change your relationship with
fear. Let it warn you and consult you, but don’t let it paralyze
you!
For example, I used to be totally paralyzed by fear, and stayed
stuck in my job for five years because of fear of change or of the
unknown. Nowadays, when I’m invaded by fears and doubts, I think
to myself, “Hmm, if there are so many doubts and fears I must be on
a good track. I better take action.”
Try new things and attempt the seemingly impossible! Ironically, it’s
the things that you most fear that will be the most positive for your
development and growth once you overcome them. Do the things
you fear: make that call you don’t want to make, send that email you
don’t want to send, ask that person you’re afraid to ask and see what
happens. When you notice fear, have a look at it, observe it, analyze
it, but don’t believe it. Instead ask,