Some fears are useful: they supply the leverage to take action. They can spur you into action. If you focus on what you don’t want more than what you do want, this can sometimes help you to end a habit (e.g. smoking) because you can see the negative consequences of choosing to smoke. So, the fear of consequences can sometimes be useful. However, generally, it is more resourceful to focus on what you really want in your life, rather than what you really don’t want. Focusing on what you want is always the best way of leveraging in the long run. By focusing on what you don’t want, your subconscious will continue providing just that…and that’s really not resourceful for you.
Here are some of the fears hiding behind all procrastination habits?
Fear of Failure: Fear of losing love and affection, in security, inadequacy.
Fear of Embarrassment: Fear of looking ridiculous, incompetent, of being exposed, stupid, an imposture.
Fear of Achievement: Fear of not fitting in the crowd; being left alone or isolated because of successful achievements. Fear of going against the grain.The crowd and popular opinion.
Poor time management and disorganization: An inability to set priorities, manage time wisely and efficiently. Fear of seeking help. Not wanting to look incompetent.
Antidotes: Perceive fear as just another powerful emotion that can serve you when used effectively. Personalize your fears; think of them as characters in an animation series, your own personalized monsters, and have fun playing with them. By trivializing and ridiculing them, you take away their hold on you! The more you empower an emotion, the more you attribute power to it. By trivializing it, by ridiculing it, by consciously releasing a fear, you take its sting and its power away.