Is Fear Holding You Back From Your Dreams?

In this video, Matt reacts to a video stating fear is what prevents business from growing. This person also suggests that you can only be on the side of fear or the side of love. It’s a bit more grey than that, and Matt explains a little bit about why a little fear is good for you.

There are tons of people out on social media giving business advice. Some of it is good advice, but most of it isn’t good. In this series watch CapForge’s owner react to different advice videos. He’s an expert in all things business and has 20+ years of experience under his belt. Some of the things he reacts to might even surprise you!

Video Transcript: 

Business Advice Video:

That’s why your business isn’t growing. Is because you see everything from the eyes of fear. And that’s because fear lives inside of you. So when you go to hire someone you’re afraid. When you go to run an ad. and when you stop living from here. That’s when your business, your life, your health, your relationships, everything will explode. Because there’s only two energies you can live from. It’s either fear or love and you have the power to choose.

Matt’s Review:

Okay, well, that seems like the whole world is just been split into only two options. So yeah, I guess if my options are fear, or you know, hope and optimism then I’ll choose that. But I think there’s a lot of times there are things in business that are scary. And you have enough money to try it but if it doesn’t work out you’re gonna be in a tough spot. And while you might be optimistic that it’s gonna work, you’re also fearful about what if it doesn’t or what am I gonna do if this doesn’t go the way I’m hoping. So I think it’s sort of naive to feel like you can take all a one or the other and ignore the rest. I think, you know, there’s always a certain amount of trepidation in things you try. Especially things that cost money. especially things that can have a pretty large negative consequence if they don’t work out the way you want. Even if, you plan as well as you can, but there’s not always, you can’t always predict the exact outcome or how things are gonna go. So that seems sort of naive and not really the real world to me, to suggest that you run your business as if there’s nothing to fear. Run your business smart. Be optimistic but also cautious. Trust but verify. All those balanced equations that people throw out there about how to think about things. You wanna be somewhere in the middle. Optimistic but not overly optimistic. Not blind to the downsides of things. Not blind to the ways that things can not turn out well. Not blind to the idea of having a plan B if plan A doesn’t work. So yes be optimistic don’t go around being afraid of everything all the time. But a little bit of fear is healthy and it keeps you on your toes and it keeps you sharp. And I don’t think that’s a bad thing at all.