What happens to you when fear gets in the way of your business or project?
It often looks like this: (run down them and see if any apply to you — or add your own).
- — lack of time
- - lack of clients
- - too much time
- - general worrying or fretting about one thing after another
- - bad-temperedness, being on a short fuse
- - comparing yourself to others and finding yourself lacking
- - wondering if you are mad to be doing what you’re doing
- - only able to see the down side of things
- - criticising yourself and others
- - frantic energy, moving from one thing to another without completing anything
- - feeling terror in your tummy
- - waves
How to Make Every Working Day a Joyous One
posted in Articles, Jane's Blog
My friend was in tears. Her friend, whom I had met only once briefly, had died after a long and hard struggle with breast cancer.
“She was so beautiful and talented, it seems such a waste!” Megan cried. And of course it was. I reminded Megan of what her friend had said, just days before she passed away: “Never make it a labour, only make it a joy”. She was referring to the tasks involved in looking after her while she was coming to the end of her life, and referring to her husband, who had been so loving, kind, supportive and nurturing when she was in pain.
When I heard this sentence, I was very moved. ‘Never make it [read more]