Wanting to apply and being scared to apply aren’t opposites. They usually show up together.
RESILIENCE
WHAT THIS MEANS
People wait for the fear to clear before they treat the wanting as real, as though the two cancel each other out. They arrive together because they come from the same source: the fear is roughly proportional to how much the thing matters to you. A wish with no nerves attached is usually a wish you could take or leave.
Stop treating the nerves as a vote. Open the form, fill it in while your stomach is still complaining, and submit it before you have decided whether you feel ready, because that decision never resolves.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
What do you want badly and feel frightened of at once?
MORE IN COURAGE & RISK
- Courage doesn’t always feel heroic. Usually it feels like your stomach dropping and you saying “okay” anyway.
- Telling the truth on a job application about what you don’t know yet is braver than bluffing and safer too.
- Fear wants a guarantee before it moves. Life doesn’t hand those out. Move with a plan instead.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.