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The Money Problem and Fear-Fog

If you’re a creative entrepreneur in business for yourself, you know that what you create has a direct correlation to your bank account. Sometimes things are great and money is not a problem, other times, not so much. So I want to talk for a minute about solutions and fear.

Fear screams loudest when we see our basic needs threatened. Especially when there are other family members involved. Specifically tiny humans :). When we are faced with the thought of those needs not being met, we panic. We start to look for solutions. When we do this, we go back to Safe. We go back there because it’s comfortable and in our fear-fog, Safe stands like a lighthouse beckoning us to come back to the shore. Come back from the stormy edge into the still security of the warm cottage of Safe. The problem is that we know we can’t stay there. So why go back?
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Pro-Tip: Don’t try to solve “the money problem” when you’re scared. You will never make the right choice when fear is all you see. You don’t have to listen to fear, you have to solve the problem.

If the problem is lack of money, how can you make some money RIGHT NOW that will fix that? Free your brain from the fear for a second and think of solutions that fix the problem but won’t break your soul.

What freelance project can you take on?
Who of your friends might need some help and be willing to pay for it?
What assets can you use to drum up some business during this slow season?

Then, once you’re not operating out of fear, don’t forget to find a better solution so that you never have to worry about this problem again. Ever.

Sometimes the best solution is the one that solves the problem. Yes there may be a better solution, but the right one right now is the one that fixes the problem. We spend so much time thinking of ideal solutions or better ones and the problem doesn’t get fixed and we run, scared, back to Safe. Get rid of the Fear-Fog. Fix the problem, and look for a better solution once it’s fixed.

(P.S. Thanks to the group of awesomeologists who helped me work through my Fear-Fog this morning. I owe this post to them.)

Happy Wednesday!

Chris

Question:

Have you been operating out of fear? What would solving the problem look like if the reason for the fear didn’t exist? How would you solve it then?

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