If You Want To Be Fearless, Ask Yourself This Question Every Day
Because the best things in life are often on the other side of fear
Someone once told me the definition of hell: “On your last day on earth, the person you could have become will meet the person you became.”
When I first heard this line, it sent shivers down my spine. Why? Because by the time I was 35, I had lost my entire adult life through fear: fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of risk, fear of change, and most of all, fear of anxiety, which I medicated with heroin for 15 years.
This might sound like a sad story, but I was lucky. Pummelled into submission by the most painful night of my life, I received a gift. Call it what you will — a perspective shift, an awakening, or simply dumb luck — it doesn’t matter. Life gave me a second chance, and I devoured every second of it.
That was in 2013, and with new eyes, and a fresh start, I began asking myself the question that changed my life:
“What would I do if I wasn’t afraid?”
Very few people contemplate this question, yet it can have a profound impact on your life. When I began leaning towards fear instead of running away from it, everything changed.
