Hi guys it's Rachel and this is a quick word on the fear of success.

Last week on a quick word I talked about fear of failure. Something we've heard about a ton. It's a question I get asked about all the time.

And if I'm going to touch on the fear of failure, I've got to touch on her sister, the fear of success.

Fear of failure keeps us stuck. Fear of failure keeps us where we are. Fear of success is way more insidious because it doesn't keep us stuck. It makes us self-sabbatage.

Fear of success is something that many, many, many people have,

but it exists subconsciously. They don't realize it's there. It's sort of bubbling below the surface and

mixing with the voice in the back of our head that tells us all of the things that might happen

if we push ourselves outside of our comfort zone.

Fear of success looks like you worrying what's going to happen to your relationship if you keep growing and he stays

where he is. Fear of success looks like you buying into the mythology that your kids are going to experience a worse life if their mom is working

or if their mom is happy or if their father is fulfilled. It's you not being sure that you can handle it if life looks different than it does today. Fear of success looks like you worrying

that if you make it big,

you're gonna have to leave your friends from high school

behind.

It looks like you worrying, what's to happen to my relationship with my parents if I decide to pursue this job in Europe and I don't get to see them as much

Fear of success basically is you not being sure that you can handle a life that's

bigger than the one you're living today.

And that's in any category.

That can be in your relationships, in your faith, in your health, in your finances, in your career,

career, doesn't matter which category you're pursuing.

But the fear of what will happen,

when you become the person that your heart keeps whispering you have the ability to be,

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