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9 Ways to Fearlessness

Lukas Schwekendiek
3 min readNov 14, 2020

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  1. Dive into your Fear. Pick something you are afraid of or find uncomfortable and try it out. Especially breaking social boundaries can be a huge courage boost.
    Examples: Lie down in the middle of a food court for a minute. Scream “I love my life” out your window. Stand in town and talk about something you are passionate about; put a hat in front of you to make some extra money.
  2. Remember what Fears you beat thus far. There have been moments that you thought would be the end. Moments that made you so afraid of the future you could not see how you could move on afterwards. Yet, here you are. Remember that you beat those moments and somehow made it out. Trust in that same process to get you out this time.
  3. Sink your teeth into something truly valuable. You’ll be far less afraid of chatting up someone at a bar if you went to a third world country to build wells. It may seem unrelated, but the fact that you did something truly valuable in your eyes, gives you a very fluffy cushion to fall back upon should the situation turn for the worse.
    Ask yourself what a person of high value does in the world. What makes someone “valuable” in your mind? Then pursue exactly that yourself! It will make everything that used to scare you seem far smaller.
  4. “I have no reason to be afraid”. Simply choose to be courageous, brave or bold, for no reason whatsoever. Not because you…

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Lukas Schwekendiek
Lukas Schwekendiek

Written by Lukas Schwekendiek

Life Coach, Speaker, Writer. Published on TIME, Inc & Huffington Post. Coaching available again! Email: Lukas.schwekendiek@gmail.com with the word "Coaching"

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