This is the Read to Lead podcast, episode 546.

Hi, I'm Michael Hyatt, author of your best year ever, a five-step plan for achieving your most important goals.

Make sure your year includes moments reserved for this.

It's the Read to Lead podcast with my friend Jeff Brown.

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Read to Lead podcast where we dive into the best

ideas from nonfiction books and help you apply them to your personal and professional life.

I'm Jeff Brown. and today we're talking about

something that I think every single one of us faces, and that is fear. Fear, in fact, is our theme

this month inside the read-to-lead community. You can find out more about that, by the way,

when you go to jeffbrown.me. Fear can hold us back in ways we don't even realize. It shows up in sneaky,

subtle ways, and unless we identify it and address it, it can keep us stuck, stuck in our jobs,

certain relationships, and our lives. In today's episode, we're going to cover the eight

most common fears that prevent us from reaching our full

potential, how each one shows up in real life, what kind of impact it has, and most importantly,

how to tackle them head on with practical action steps. So, if you're ready to start crushing

the fears that are holding you back, let's dive in. Probably no surprise that fear number one is the fear of

failure. We avoid taking risks or setting big goals because we're afraid of falling short. Let's say

maybe you're dreaming about starting your own business, but you keep putting it off because you're

afraid it'll fail. So you stay in a job you don't like, avoiding the risk

altogether. Well, the impact of that is that by letting this fear win, you miss out on growth

opportunities and you stay stuck in a place that doesn't fulfill you potentially. You never know

what you're capable of because you never take that first step. So to tackle this,

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