When was the last time you went skydiving? Never? Yeah, me neither. Nor is jumping out of a plane on any of my bucket lists. But I’d imagine that the adrenline rush and freeing feeling that people get from doing so, one can get the same effect and skydive without jumping out of a plane. How is that possible? Simple. By learning how to be fearless.
“Living fearlessly means fearing less that which you don’t know than you do dying without using your gifts to light up the world” ~Julian Kiganda
By taking a look at the top reasons people skydive in the first place, we will also see that we can achieve the same things by learning how to skydive without jumping out of a plane. Why? For the following reasons.
1. To overcome your fears: For some, skydiving is a way to face their fears. I’ve definitely faced many fears in my life, especially over the last few years. But none of them included jumping from over 12,000 feet in the air. I’ve learned that if something scares me and it’s holding me back from achieving a goal, then I find a way to “do it afraid”. The fear never goes away, it just gets easier to manage as we face it.
For me one of my biggest fears was public speaking. But as I started to discover my purpose, I realized I was going to have to find a way to get over this. So the first step I took was getting up in front of 500 women at a conference to share my experience about the weekend. For me, that was about as terrifying as jumping out of a plane. So go out and do it afraid (whatever “it” means to you).
2. To get that adrenaline rush: When you experience an adrenaline rush, that fight or flight hormone kicks in. I experience that every time I go to Zumba class or bootcamp. But more importantly, I also get that when I make that scary sales call, or launch a new product or service. The increased breathing, the sudden boost of energy can be good things. When I can cross off a big goal or help someone else cross that finish line, it’s a big boost of energy and motivation for me. But getting on a good roller coaster has the same effect on me.
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What are some ways you face your fears or get an adrenaline rush that excites you?
5 Comments
Kelley
August 19, 2014 at 11:44 PMHi Christine! It’s Kelley from the BLM group! This is such a great posts with great points! I especially love number one because I believe that sometimes we can be so afraid of fear that we avoid it all together which in turn can stunt our growth. Love your site and how well put together everything is and congrats on your upcoming webinar. Looks like it’s going be great!
With Love,
Kelley
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Christine St.Vil
August 21, 2014 at 2:44 AMHi Kelley!
Thanks so much for stopping by and for all of your kind words of encouragment. I totally agree: fear was the number one thing stunting my growth, so it’s relieving to finally learn how to manage it.
Lonsa Chou
August 25, 2014 at 5:42 AMI can not overcome fear, I fear the rope will break.haha(ihealbox.com)
Christine St.Vil
August 30, 2014 at 10:45 AMLOL Lonsa: I never thought I would be able to overcome the intense fear of public speaking and now I’m doing it regularly. It can be done with the proper mindset and belief 🙂
Meltblogs
November 24, 2020 at 6:50 AMThe only way to overcome your fear is to face them. You just cannot think about it and expect to overcome.
Thank You.