When writing Substack posts, podcasts, newsletter articles, blog posts, social media posts, reports, books, etc., don’t be afraid to write. Don’t let writer’s block or writer’s fear get in your way of being creative and sharing great content.Don’t be afraid to start something even though you might not succeed and will abandon your plan.Don’t be afraid to fail. In fact, you can think you might fail or even will fail but be ready to try a new idea anyway. You might learn something new and might even succeed.Don’t be afraid of the opinions or discouragement of others. You don’t even need to tell anyone your plans because others might disapprove and you might never even start.Don’t be afraid to succeed. Success is strangely enough one thing that many are afraid of.Don’t be afraid to imagine. That’s probably one of the best ways new ideas start.Don’t be afraid others are better than you. It doesn’t matter. Don’t compare yourself to others.Don’t be afraid others might judge you, laugh at you, be jealous, ridicule, whatever. It really doesn’t matter.Don’t be afraid of a failure. Nobody needs to know. You can even laugh at your funny experience to yourself or even to others.Don’t be afraid you won’t be a huge success. You don’t owe others anything.Don’t be afraid to be afraid. Stage fright makes a better performance. Embrace your secret stage fright as a source of power.Don’t be afraid of fear. It’s one of the underused tools that might block your great ideas. Welcome the fear as a necessary step to succeed.Don’t be afraid to write down all the reasons you are afraid. They are just thoughts and might never materialize. Or you’ll find ways to overcome each reason and feel empowered by each victory.If success is sure, everyone would do whatever others might fear.Make fear your friend to use and succeed. It might lead you to other unknown roads.Fear is just your thoughts of the unknown and your active imagination. It might at times warn you of dangers by intuition, but it might be an exciting, imaginary obstacle to overcome and prove to be just a thought.Don’t adopt fears of others. Let them keep theirs and work at your fears.Your success after fear is that much sweeter. You own your success and owe it to your fear and courage to grow and try.Don’t be afraid of fear. It shows how strong and logical you are to find solutions.Even if you fail, there are other fears to welcome and tackle to make them worthy of your efforts to succeed.Seek fears and eliminate each one to find the core truth and power to get started.This post is courtesy of my friend Leila Peltosaari, author of Sell Your Words. Find out more about her book here: https://www.sellyourwords.com. It’s a wonderful book on how to write, self-publish, and market nonfiction books.John Kremer’s main website is BookMarketingBestsellers.com.Connect with him via these social networks:Facebook — Flipboard — LinkedIn — Pinterest — Twitter — YouTube This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bookmarketing.substack.com/subscribe

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