So what scares you?………..

For me there are many things that scare me, things such as will I be the provider that my wife and kids deserve? will I make the right choices, will I be a good father? Then there are less trivial ones but fears none the less that correlate to the above.

Why start a practice when there are plenty of stable positions out there, scary?

Yep! Simple, because when I tell my kids to dream big, how are they going to believe me if I don’t follow my own advice. When you start getting complacent you challenge yourself less until the point is reached that you stop dreaming and you don’t really live. I want to be a better example to my children than that!

What if no one listens or I’m unable to get an audience?

Part of what drives this fear is ego and I’ll explain. The fears of doing videos and blog posts are getting less frightening but initially I wanted no part because of fear of how I would look or come across. I was given great advice that plays in my head every time this fear starts to creep. The advice was simple… “how arrogant and selfish are you to think of only yourself. The same advice that you give every day is what you share but on a bigger scale.” This practice is a summation of all that I’ve learned and continue to learn. Experiences with colleagues and patients alike have greatly shaped my path over the years. What better way to honor them than share what I know with a town where I truly love living and exploring. So what if that video is a little goofy or that blog post is not 100% grammatically correct. Just do it even if you are the only one watching or reading, ……..but you might be surprised!

Well crap! If you never try then of course you won’t fail but then you also don’t grow and learn and live. That’s the point right. That’s why we work…we go to school….we learn a trade….we grind….It’s to friggin live!

I’m a firm believer that if you live to not fail, then you already have.

Hopefully when I’m old and grey, and able to reflect back I hope that I’ve lived a life that my family is proud of and I can say I was scared as hell but I was able to channel my fear, embrace change, and help a whole lot of people along the way.

So I pose the question again “So what scares you?”

Failure or …………………………………..success………or really living?