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How to Face the Fear and Do it Anyways?
What is your dragon? How do you make friends with it?
I had an interesting coaching conversation with one of the amazing ladies I have the privilege to serve.
We were talking about what’s holding her back from stepping into the unknown and learning in the process. She shared with me a brilliant insight that will perhaps help you:)
She said (I am obviously paraphrasing). It is like a princess locked in the tower and guarded by a dragon. Instead of just sitting there and waiting for a prince to come and rescue her, she takes action and rescues herself.
What is interesting in this process is that she discovers that the dragon is not an obvious enemy. The dragon is not necessarily evil and he is trying to protect her… His job is to keep her safe. Besides, he is trapped in that tower as well. He isn’t free to go where he pleases. He has to guard the princess. But as the princess summons her courage to rescue herself, she become friends with the dragon in the process, and they free each other.
What if the dragon is our fear? An uncomfortable feeling of stepping into the unknown? And all it is trying to do is to keep us safe? And what if we can make friends with our dragon (whatever that represents to us)?
