Comments on: Entrepreneurship: What To Do When You’re Scared Sh*tless

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:35:17 +0000

Wow. That film is amazing. Nowadays, such pro-tax, pro-workers’ rights attitudes would be seen as fairly socialist by many in the US. It’s fascinating to see how far away from conservative values modern “conservatives” have come – and how much more unequal society has become as a result.

By: Rosie

Rosie — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:18:33 +0000

Thanks for your honesty Naomi, especially since one of my good ones is identical word for word with one of yours. You helped me laugh at my own fears.

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By: Gordon Mullan

Gordon Mullan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:13:29 +0000

Damn, I *love* your approach!

Seeing as my whole shctick is about putting your Personality into your Marketing, and adore other businesses that take a similarly “if you love me great, if you don’t then sod off” attitude, I unsurprisingly love your blog.

Anyway, that particular piece of genuinely meant sucking up :-) wasn’t why I wanted to comment. It’s to offer an alternative answer to “What to do when you’re scared shitless”.

The answer?

Let go.

Let go of the unwanted emotion or feeling…let it pass through…and discover that fear (and anger, grief, anxiety, etc.) can “go away” permanently.

I’m not talking about supressing it, or ignoring it. I’m not talking about ‘positive thinking’. It’s simpler than that – *much* simpler.

How?

With this: http://www.sedonacoaching.co.uk/

Read and enjoy.

By: JudyA

JudyA — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:10:08 +0000

The point is excellent. We have to get beyond the spooks and learn to be real.

Your writing is funny, impertinent and successful because it is unique. If we all wrote that way, it would be a pool of smut.

Someone who doesn’t write with such ‘candor’ isn’t necessarily being false or chicken. They’ve figured out a different way to get their point across.

By: Tracey

Tracey — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:47:30 +0000

Just when I need some inspiration and advice, I stumble upon this blog post and wow! I got it! :D Now I just gotta make that leap… The Fear is terrifying but then again the thought of not doing anything is scary enough.

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By: Andy P.

Andy P. — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:42:37 +0000

Hi Naomi

Just found your site today… and tumbled onto this post.

I left a high-paying job 4 years ago. As an independent consultant now, my income has never really gotten back to where it was when I left. Over those years, I’ve had lots of fear!

But during those slow times, I’ve also been given the opportunity to release so much old sh#t that the net effect is I can now see the fears for what they were… pre-programmed limitations I’d placed on myself. As I realize that I am more than that collection of fears I grow in confidence everyday. And with it, so does my business.

So yes, we have fears – just keep asking why you’re having that fear and what is the lesson that the universe is trying to teach you.

By: Brian Hill

Brian Hill — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:14:42 +0000

Hey Naomi-

I came by looking for your SEO book and ran across this post. Many thanks! My business partner and I just went live with our website 2 days ago. 40 hours ago to be exact.(Pause) But who’s keeping track. Anyway, I fully expected the servers to go down once we started informing people of our little endeavor. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! “Expected” is the key word in the previous statement. It’s funny. I know that I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be but when I start thinking about rent next month…wow. So thanks for your transparency and sharing. It helped.

B. Hill

By: Dawn Kotzer

Dawn Kotzer — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:24:19 +0000

Hello Naomi
Someone I turned onto your site tuned me onto this post…neat.
‘Fearfully’ busy trying to get an decent website launched…soon…soon. (Just have to find my fun-fear blankie…)
I am so glad you decided to set the elephant free.
It’s refreshing to hear someone stand up for themself, fear and all…so many people feel the need to ease, to squeeze past the fear, hoping it will go away, they shove it to the back of the bus…guess what? someone back there has a damn good aim. WHAP! you get hit in the head again, and again and again until you park your butt beside Fear and say…”What gives? Just what do you want? Oh, it’s what do I want.”
I’m a Martha Beck life coach living in the ‘country’ okay…beyond country…the bush…Isolation? oh ya…but I’m smart, savvy, tough, candid and aware of the benefits of fear…(courage and resourcefulness, a twisted sense of humour,etc)…Out of fear of launching a site into the ‘Web-unknown’I found your site, right? I rest my case.

hope you’re having a blast, fear and all.