The people who exhibit Fear of Risk don’t usually manifest as such. Their response will come off as a much more well thought-out and considered response. It will sound completely reasonable: “Seems a little ‘iffy’ to me. It’s much safer if we keep doing what we’ve always done” and THAT’S what makes Fear of Risk […]
That idea will never get approved. We tried something like that before and it didn’t work in the past, and it’s not going to work now. Pessimism: The guiding philosophy of some people who just seem to be allergic to the idea that it’s possible for things to go right every once in a while. This […]
Sure, change is inevitable — but how about you go first? People might not like the way things are, but it’s a lot easier to complain about stuff than to make any improvements. This article continues the break down of dealing with the individual fears that prevent people from taking action on ideas with today’s […]
Too many people out there worry about what others think about them based on who they associate with and what kind of ideas they embrace. The judgment of other people is not your responsibility. If you start worry about what other people think of you, you’ll never get anything else accomplished. Continuing the break down […]
Many people get excited about their ideas, but when it comes time to put that new idea into action their excitement turns into excuses because it’s going to require an awful lot of extra effort and hard work to turn their idea into a reality. This article continues the break down of dealing with the […]
Some people do not like rocking the boat or challenging the status quo. This adherence to rules (both written and unwritten) is a perfectly reasonable sounding excuse to let yourself off the hook from putting a creative idea into action. “I’m not allowed to do it — it’s against the rules”. How can you creative […]
Continuing the break down of dealing with the individual fears that prevent people from taking action on ideas with today’s topic Fear of Blame. Many people won’t move forward on an idea because they don’t want to catch the blame if the project goes wrong. They won’t even entertain the possibility of it actually turning […]