The fear of success is the single most difficult type of resistance to uncover.
I know it sounds strange to fear success, but it is a lot more common than you might think.
The subconscious mind may fear success because it is worried that we ...
Recently, I was watching the behind-the-scenes documentary of Six Impossible Things. Six Impossible Things was a magic show created by one of the best close-up magicians alive today, Joshua Jay.
In the documentary Joshua and his creative team not ...
In September of 2007 I created Tapping Q and A with the express purpose of creating resources that would make it easier for people to get the most out of tapping. The tag line has been "Answers to the most common (and uncommon) questions about ...
Note: This article was originally shared on June 4th, 2013. This is an updated and edited version of that article.
While working with small business owners I bump into the issue of perfectionism a great deal. We all worry about what other people ...
We often have people in our lives who are critical of others who have success. When we are around this it can cause us to hold back from taking action. This tap-along will help you to overcome this fear.
Did you know you can receive an email ...
Over the years I have worked with countless clients who, on a subconscious level, didn't believe they were worthy of success. They often feel like success is for others, that they already have enough success – meaning it is someone else's turn – or ...
It is always encouraging to hear first-person success stories.
Hearing about other people's success helps us in a couple of ways.
First, it shows us what is possible. When we aren't making the progress we would like, and as quickly as we would ...
There is an odd phenomenon that happens when we make progress. Even though we are working towards our goals, there is a part of us feels dissatisfied with the progress. This can even happen when we have reached our goals. There is a part that still ...
In Podcast #236 I answered four listener questions. Below you will find the audio of all four questions and the transcript for question #3. Please bear in mind that I speak in a slightly more informal fashion than I write, which you will notice in ...
We live in a time of exceptionalism.
Everywhere we turn we are presented with the biggest, the best, the greatest, and the most important.
And it is not just coming from marketers. If you spend any time on social media you see people describing the ...
On the surface it might not seem like an obvious connection, but in many ways fear of failure and fear of success are the opposite sides of the same coin.
Fear of failure is concerned about what goes wrong when things don't work out. Fear of success ...
The history of business is a history about how companies and organizations can be more efficient. Much of this work is about how companies and organizations can create an environment where they can get their employees to be more productive. For most ...
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[In this series we examine the importance of the words we use and how changing our vocabulary can change our mind giving us opportunity for transformation. More articles can be found in this series @ Tools:Words]
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Many times we are making choices and responding to the world based on the expectations that we have received from friends, family, and cultural norms. These expectations might not be useful to who we would like to become. In ...
There are a number of goals I would like to achieve, but I feel like there is so much to do. I would like to ask others for help, but I am having a really hard time asking. Is there a way I can use Emotional Freedom Techniques(EFT)/tapping to help ...
I would like to be more financially successful, but for some reason I just keep making really poor choices. It is almost as if a part of me wants me to stay poor. I don't even know where to begin with this issue. Do you have any ...