What are YOUR fears?

[Joseph Konrad]

Hi all –

I'm going to start posting here pretty frequently and start a member blog here on BiggerPockets and I want to know what you want to know about starting or growign your business.

What is it that scares you?  It doesn't matter if you don't have a business yet and are paralyzed or if you are already killing it and don't know where to go next.  

Go ahead and list your fears here.  If you don't think you have any, then list your desires because, if you desire something that you don't have, then the only thing holding you back is your fear.

I'm really looking forward to building out a good list and even more excited to helping many of you through any difficulties that you may have.

Happy investing,

Joe

[Frantzces Lys]

I'm an introvert and have figured out ways to work with my strengths over the years. I think my biggest fear is wondering if it's the right time. I realize there will never be a right time. My biggest fear is knowing the right things to say. 

I believe that we overtime can overcome many of these fears, through practice and support. I've dealt with inaction but the way I have gotten over that is listening to experienced investors speak humbly. Witnessing that they don't know everything and they just did it anyway and will figure out the rest. Yes in some circumstances you can mitigate risk but you certainly can't completely eliminate it. 

I think meditation before doing something fearful is important. Whenever I have a fear about something, I think through it, all of the worse possible outcomes, then I think of my why. 

An inspirational moment occurred to me a few weeks ago. I took my son to the Concert for Valor and we listened to Veterans and their stories of how they risk their lives every day because of honor, because they said they would and because they had a huge enough why. It made my fears feel very minuscule compared to what they face. I laughed at myself when I think that I'm afraid to speak to a seller lol. 

Our fears compared to others fears aren't that big at all. Fear = Face Everything And Rise or Face it Explore it Accept it Respond.