Realty411 Magazine The Best of Realty411 - Learn from Our Past Issues | Page 22
There's Big Money pg. 20
Although I can’t think of any fear at
the moment that I’ve experienced
as being real, I’m sure there’s an
exception, so I left the .1% open to
satisfy that exception.
Fear, literally, is a distressing
emotion aroused by impending
danger, evil, or pain. Fear is a
basic survival mechanism related
to the behaviors of fight, flee,
escape, or avoidance. The capacity
to fear is a part of human nature.
This emotion is both learned and
inherited; it is a lesson that has
been passed on from generation to
generation beginning millions of
years ago when humans initially
learned to fear the likes of saber
toothed tigers and hungry wolves
(now that’s what I call impending
danger, evil, or pain!). The last I
checked, threat from these beasts
did not interfere with my last
attempt at closing a deal. How
about yours? Probably not, but
everyday fears that seem just as
daunting do.
What is important to understand
is that the vast majority of fears we
face cannot be categorized as
impending danger, evil, or pain.
There are few things out there that
will kill us or cause us physical
harm. As long as we look both
ways when crossing the street and
steer away from dark alleys at
night, most danger, evil, and pain
can be virtually eliminated from a
person’s life. Then why does fear
still stop us? The answer is simple.
Whether a threat is real or imagined,
the mind will not automatically
make the distinction. The mind
will initially categorize everything
as a sabertoothed tiger, and unless
you ignore that initial assessment
and consciously recategorize your
fears for what they really are...
False Evidence Appearing Real,
you will forever fall short of your
personal potential. Simply put, the
fear we experience today is strictly
psychological. It’s imagined. It
“appears” real and dangerous, but
it’s not.
Whether it’s the lack of time,
money, credit and/or
knowledge that’s
hindering your real estate
investing, you’ll want to
know that it’s not those
things that are stopping
you. It’s the fear, or the
unknown, around those
circumstances that stop
you; And this is our clue as to how
to conquer fear. The “fear
conqueror” is action. Not only will
action produce your results, it will
conquer and cure your fears.
Conversely, inaction, indecision,
and procrastination fertilize fear
causing it to grow.
Simply put, take action in the
face of your fears and your fears
will disappear.
But! Easier said than done, right?
Indeed. But, there’s an exercise you
can use to make taking action in
the face of fear easy. Yep, easy.
22
Imagine what your income, or
your life for that matter, would
look like if taking action in the
face of fear were easy. The sky is
the limit!
In the interest of helping you
reach the sky, I’m about to
introduce to you the “easy” way to
conquer fear so you can take actions
that will produce the
results you desire. I call
this easy exercise the
False Evidence Test. When
executed with integrity,
the test flushes out the
false evidence within the
fear that stops us. When
the false evidence is
revealed for what it is...
“false,” taking action becomes
much easier. I use this exercise
regularly in my investing workshops
to get people over the fear of
submitting purchase offers for real
estate, but it will work for any
fear. To demonstrate how it works,
I’ll lead you through the exact
exercise I do with my students. Go
to www.FalseEvidenceTest.com
for a short video demonstration of
this easy exercise. The sooner you
do this, the sooner your fears will
disappear so you can start making
that big money. ♦