Is your fear something you’re running toward right now, or something you’re running from?

Both feel like running. That’s the tricky part.

At CrossFit, there’s a movement that shows up on the whiteboard and a few people suddenly need to retie their shoes. Or refill their water. Or ask a coach a very important question.

I’ve done it too. Lol.

One member got really good at disappearing right before rope climbs (me). The fear was in their head, and it was driving them (me) away from the rope and, honestly, away from a version of the athlete I wanted to become.

So we didn’t start with the climb.

We started with a name. “I’m scared of falling.”

Then we started small. Stand on the rope. Hold it. Jump and hang. Next week, one more foot.

No big moment. Just reps.

A few weeks later I was at the top, laughing like it was no big deal. It was a big deal.

I then slid down the rope and the rope burn was no fun, but, I learned a lesson and conquered my fear! I say that to say.

Fear is a direction. It either pushes you toward the life you want or further into hiding from it.

That’s the whole question. Not “am I afraid?” You will be. Always.

Ask instead: Is this fear driving me toward my goal, or away from it?

Real estate has plenty of rope climbs:

• The call you keep rewriting in your head

• The video you haven’t posted

• The conversation with a client about what’s actually going on

• The goal you haven’t said out loud yet

We get fear fit the same way we get strong. Name it. Face it. Repeat it.

Small steps, not giant leaps. One small win knocks over the next, like dominos.

Do it scared.

What’s the fear you’re ready to name?

Press toward it.

In peace,
Shonn