When I come across something with what I believe is great information and it could benefit me, I like to post it here in my blog, this way I know exactly where to go to find it. Plus I always include the link of who I "borrowed" it from. This Post is a Post that Scott Colby "The Abs Expert" ran across and shared. Enjoy.

Yesterday, I stumbled upon a really cool blog post on
Facebook about this guy named Theo who did his very
first Tough Mudder and in the process, had to overcome
a few fears.

The Tough Mudder included:

11 miles

Electric Shock

Freezing cold water

A 3 story free-fall off a plank into the freezing cold water

And a lot more.

Many of these obstacles took Theo out of his comfort zone,
especially the 3 story jump into the freezing cold water.

But once it was his turn to jump there was no turning back
since there was a line of people behind him, waiting for
their turn.

And with that, Theo came up with his:

Top 4 Lessons About Fear and I wanted to share these with you.

1) Conquer your fears by facing them - Easier said than done, but
the message essentially is to face your fears head on - don't
run away from them. You will be a changed person after each
fear you face head on and overcome.

2) The outcome doesn't matter - the process does. Who cares
what the oucome is. Who cares if you trip and fall. Do you think
Michael Jordan hit every game winning shot that he took in his
career? No. What mattered was he tried, he got up (if he failed),
he learned from the process, gained confidence and got better,

Enjoy the journey.

3) Enlist your A-Team. You want to have a strong support team
when you go through a tough journey. Why do you think that
when I was training and dieting for my photoshoot, that I kept
telling you I had a photoshoot coming up on April 7? Because
I NEEDED you! I needed your support to help keep me
accountable.

When you're doing a Tough Mudder, it's easy to say to yourself
that you'll skip an obstacle and go on to the next one. Or if
you're doing a fitness adventure with me, it's easy to stop short
of the top of a mountain and turn around - IF you're alone. When
you have the support of friends and teammates, it's a much
different story, and you're able to do much more than you ever
thought was possible.

4) The only thing holding you back is you. This is a big one.
Are you the person that you want to be? Do you have the career
you want? The relationship you want? If you want to see the
world, are you doing it? If not, ask yourself WHY NOT? You
wake up each morning with choices. It's YOUR decision to
live the life of your dreams and be the person you really want
to be.

If you're not living your life to it's fullest, do something about it
today.

Sign up for something today that will take you out of your
comfort zone, like our Rocky Mountain Fitness Adventure.

I promise you that you'll return home a very changed person.

Thanks to Theo for some great lessons and reminders.

Have an awesome and very rewarding day.

Scott