As a follow-up to this month’s article—learning to greet the light within to create a connection with every person we meet—it is important to not judge people by what you see on the outside. This can be a hard lesson to learn, as most of us have an inner critic…
Category: Confidence
It’s Time to Push Out of Your Comfort Zone
In Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, Susan describes the comfort zone like this: “Most of us operate within a zone that feels right, outside of which we are uncomfortable… For each one of us that zone of comfort is different, but whether we are aware of it or…
Moving Away From the Alienation of Competition
Competition can be healthy in certain circumstances, but often it’s both frustrating and exhausting. Constantly having to try to outdo our friends and colleagues, even strangers, takes us down to our Lower Self. The problem is that we’ve all been told our whole lives that we must be successful and…
Recognizing When Your Act Is Harmful
We all have “acts” or masks we put on to help us in different situations—for work, for interacting with friends, even for church. “Acts” aren’t necessarily a bad thing and can be quite helpful. The problem arises when we let the “act” become our identity, forgetting who we really are.…
Dropping Your Act
As we are talking about dropping the “act” and getting to know yourself this month, we thought we would include an exercise that Susan wrote for Dare to Connect. As an exercise, identify as many of your own personal ACTS as you can. You can really have a lot of…
A Party Idea That Can Change Your Life
In this month’s article we referenced an essay Susan wrote that appears in Life Is Huge. Here is an excerpt of that essay. The best party I ever attended was in the year 1986 … and it was called the “1991 Party.” Let me explain. This wonderful evening was created…
A “Comfort Zone” Refresher
The concept of the “comfort zone” was one that Susan returned to again and again. When we let ourselves become complacent—whether or not we are happy—we are living in our comfort zones. In Chapter 3 of Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, Susan talks about how expanding our lives…
You Can Always Change Your Mind
In this month’s article we are talking about what to do after you make a decision to help you make the most out of whatever happens. We want to talk a little more about Step 3, “Don’t Protect, Correct.” After we make our decision, it’s important that we give it…
Moving From Fear to Strength
In Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, in talking about Fear Truth #5, Susan related the following anecdote about a woman suddenly faced with a worst-case scenario. I can illustrate with the case of Janice, a middle-aged housewife, who “planned” her life in such a way as to avoid…
Review of the Five Truths About Fear
In the early chapters of Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, Susan describes the “Five Truths About Fear.” These “truths” are what she learned on her journey to become a more confident and powerful person. 1. The fear will never go away as long as I continue to grow.…