What’s the worst that can happen? Just do it!
What’s stopping you from doing what you aspire to, but have not done yet? What are the benefits and added value if you do it? And – what’s the worst that can happen? Just do it!
This week I did my first FB live video on dealing with your fears and taking action towards your aspirations.
I’ve been aiming to do FB live videos for quite some time, as I know that by doing FB live videos I can reach out and share my insights and advice to more people at the same time – in comparison to the 121 coaching job and workshops in companies that I am doing. I can help many more ambitious and dedicated professionals and entrepreneurs build their personal brand to succeed in their career and business, elegantly and confidently.
But there was one thing stopping me – fear! Fear from doing a live video in front of a camera. It is weird if you think about it – I love speaking on stage and doing presentations to hundreds of people in the audience, I love facilitating workshops on personal brand development and from the feedback I receive – I’m good at it!
But when it comes to a camera – I kept procrastinating.
And then I applied to myself the method I teach others – think about the benefits of doing it and – assess what’s the worst that can happen.
In my case: Benefits – being able to reach out and share my message to more people.
What’s the worst that can happen? – not being perfect or as good as I would like to come across in the video. So what? What’s the worst that can happen by that? Some people might think – its not as excellent as she always does, well – she is not perfect, she is human! So – what’s the worst that can happen? Some people might leave supportive comments, some – might get inspired seeing that I’m learning too!
And you keep asking yourself this question until you realize – I need to just get on with it and do it!
Last week at the Content creation workshop, one of my favourite content experts advised those who are reluctant to do a FB live video because of their perfectionism: to look at Gary Vaynerchuk’s first videos, they are not so great, but people don’t care. Because his current videos are.
I googled Gary Vaynerchuk first videos, and they are not so great. But the recent ones are. Everyone starts somewhere, right?
Now – here’s a call to action for you:
Think about one thing that you have been aspiring to do but for some reason have not done yet. What’s stopping you? What are the benefits of doing it? And what’s the worst that can happen?
Just go and do it, if you are truly passionate about the added value and benefits.
Just do it!