Summary: Podcast Note: Podcast name has changed to The Successful Life Mindset. You Mean You Still Have Fears? One of the biggest lies is that whatever you’re facing, you’re the only one ever to go through it. Tracy has a friend that recently lost his business. It brings up an old fear the one day it may all go away for Tracy too. Fear of Failure Tracy worked at a tool and die shop for a while. He worked there off and on for a time. His entrepreneurial spirit won out and he opened a company, James Design, and developed a newspaper. He had a reoccurring dream that his business failed and he went back to work in the machine shop. All the co-workers said things like, “See, you couldn’t do it”, “See, we know you’d be back.” He’s tried to figure out why he has this dream from time to time – not enough hugs from dad, seeking approval from others – the root cause hasn’t surfaced yet, but even when things are going well he may think this way. He recently posted “It’s not about the storms than hit you, it’s where you seek shelter when they hit” on Facebook. When he feels this way, his wife very wisely councils him: What if? What would happen? So what! The Only Failure is a Failure to Learn Tracy learned that you can’t be all thing to all men. When he did suffer the loss of a business some time ago, he learned many things. Some of those things were to be better organized, he learned his strengths and weaknesses and the need to find people with abilities to shore up those weaknesses. We don’t fail when we take whatever happens and learn from it. You only fail if you fail to learn. We All Have Fears to Face Cliff was delighted to learn that as successful as Tracy is that he still has fears occasionally. It is reassuring to Cliff. We all deal with the same fears. Sometimes perception is more real than reality. If we focus on fear, it will be created in our lives. We need to believe in ourselves and conquer fear when it strikes. Cliff received a terrible email. Everything in it was negative. Not constructive criticism, just criticism. Cliff was able to overcome the cruel and hurtful words because he knew he was not alone. He surrounded himself with people that are like-minded, successful and supportive as he addressed any aspect of the email that held truth. Inspirational Quote of the Day Steve Jobs once said, “You get told that the world is the way it is, but life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact; and that is that everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you. Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.” If It Can Be Done, You Can Do It! The truth is if it can be done, I can do it. We are not defined by our successes or failures; it is by who you are as a person, your heart and soul. Get past the fear and you can change your life. Things to remember We all have fears, it's how we deal with them that matters. So what! Face your fears. Contact Cliff and Tracy Cliff can be reached at – Send Email • twitter.com/GSPN • 859-795-4067 Tracy can be reached at – Send Email • twitter.com/tracyjtrost • facebook.com/DirectorTracyJTrost Listen to the podcast live on Thursdays at 1pm CST at www.TheSuccessfulLifeMindset.com If you would rather read a summary of each podcast, you can do so on our site here: www.TrostMovingPictures.com/category/podcast/ Remember, live your life to its fullest potential! Special Offer: Get The Lamp Pack for only $20 that's more than 50% off the regular price! Just CLICK HERE!
