Deconstructing Fears

Week 3 Entrepreneurial Journal

Questions from Deconstructing Your Fears

1. If you pursue your calling with discipline, intentionality, and the help of fellow travelers, what are the chances that your worst case scenario will really happen?

I think my scenarios could happen either way but I feel a little better after pondering on them. They aren’t devastating. Another worry I have is how do I know what I am good at. After watching Tom Kelly’s video I plan on keeping a lab notebook on myself.

 2. As you look at your list of fears, what themes emerge? What is at the core of what you really fear? Financial ruin? The judgment or disapproval of others? Physical harm? Endangering the ones you love? Embarrassment?

I think my biggest worry is not being able to provide for my family. I am not able to give them the all the things I would like to now and worry that I would harm their future.

3. What is the risk of taking no action – not following your calling? How do you plan to deal with fear when it pops up on your entrepreneurial journey?

I haven’t mastered this yet. My strength is my wife and her faith in me.

What impacted me this week?

1. I need to answer the question if I want to be an entrepreneur or not. One of the greatest pleasures in my current job is described in Clayton M. Christensen’s article.

“Management is the most noble of professions if it’s practiced well. No other occupation offers as many ways to help others learn and grow, take responsibility and be recognized for achievement, and contribute to the success of a team.”

Is this pleasure even greater as an entrepreneur?

2. How can I know what I am good at?

               Action – Keep a lab notebook on myself – when am I at my best

Reference – Tom Kelly

What did I learn ?

1.      I can’t be afraid to fail. There cannot be success without failure.