Turning Fear into Fuel: Navigating the Dip on Your Path to Success

On the other side of your first summit there’s always a dip.

And it’s in the dip that the doubt creeps in.

Maybe the first go around was luck.

Lucky timing.

Lucky connections.

Lucky break.

But now, the lucks run out.

The self-talk kicks in…

I’m about to be found out.

I don’t really know what I’m doing.

Can I do it again?

The anxiety is relentless. Fear is closing in.

You’re in the dip. Asking all the questions.

And just as the dark starts to close in, you remind yourself of the proof you are who you say you are.

You watch the tape.

It wasn’t luck, you worked your ass off.

Big brands said yes. Big brands gave you real money.

You look at the box score…

Revenue generated.

Lives impacted.

Clients transformed.

Employees, vendors, partners supported.

You didn’t put your luck to work, you put your love to work. And it worked.

You’ve done it before. You’ll do it again.

You push the darkness away, put your head down, and you keep moving forward.

You remember the words of Ryan Estis “Everything you need to become all that you desire, is within”

Fear not. It’s all there.

Give your future-self a hell of a story to tell.