Most of the time, hypertension is caused by excessive worry over an incident that has not yet occurred.
Excessive worry over an incident that has not yet taken place results in fear and then hypertension and at times stroke, whether partial or full.
Something that never occurs to most individuals is that worry in itself cannot achieve anything or change the situation at hand to make it better. If anything, our health is ultimately affected by the excessive pressure that builds up in our hearts and minds as a result of things we are afraid of.
Author Napoleon Hill identified six basic fears most humans encounter in their lives:
(1) fear of poverty
(2) fear of criticism
(3) fear of ill health
(4) fear of loss of love of someone
(5) fear of old age
(6) fear of death
Napoleon Hill states further that, “Fears are nothing more than states of mind. One's state of mind is subject to control and direction”
This statement is true if we consider the fact that whenever we receive good news, our minds are in a pleasant state, but whenever we receive unpleasant news, our minds seem to be in turmoil until we can fix whatever problem there was.
This statement is true if we consider the fact that whenever we receive good news, our minds are in a pleasant state, but whenever we receive unpleasant news, our minds seem to be in turmoil until we can fix whatever problem there was.
Looking at the list of fears above, one could say that except for (2), (5) and (6) that are bound to happen to everyone at one time or another, the rest may not happen.
But we go ahead and begin to create in our minds different scary scenarios of what has not taken place and as a result, we find it difficult doing just about anything with the situation when it has completely taken over our normal way of thinking.
Take for instance an organisation that wants to downsize its workforce and rumours have started flying around over the imminent incident.
Some people working there who may never be affected by the exercise would begin to imagine being laid off and asking how they would face neighbours, friends, etc and worst of all, how they would survive financially.
Even though the event has not yet taken place, the fear associated with it in the person’s mind could become so powerful that the person loses the zeal to work altogether – and all these for something that may never even take place!
We’ve got to take action as an antidote to the different fears we encounter in our lives every single day. For instance, the person in the example of the organisation that wants to lay off staff should shake off whatever fears about being laid off and immerse him or herself in their work.
This is because the fear is simply a state of that person’s mind and if he or she loses zeal to work as a result of such fear, it could eventually lead to the person being laid off by the organisation due to reduced productivity and not because he or she was to be laid off along with others as earlier feared.
Taking action makes you forget what you fear. When you are in a state of fear, you find it difficult doing anything because most times you are sitting or lying still with your mind immersed in thoughts of what you do not want to happen.
But if you confront the fear and take action, the fear reduces and will disappear and you become happy when you achieve something significant from your action.
For instance, if you are an employee in an organisation given a new task different from what you are used to, one could become afraid of what may happen if it fails.
And this could be discouraging if such thoughts are allowed to persist on one’s mind. When eventually you do take action on the task and succeed in the process, the fear gives way to a mindset of accomplishment!
The same thing applies when we have something definite to achieve in life as an ambition. Whenever you confront an obstacle on the road to achievement, one of the first things is for one to become afraid and want to give up. But you must confront that obstacle and take action.
Most of the time, you’d be delighted to note that you were able to overcome your fear not by worrying over it but by taking action until you got results.
Always remember that on the road to fame, wealth and achievement, its not the efforts you put in the process that counts but the results you get from your efforts.
And that is precisely what the world wants to see – results.
When you remember this always, your state of mind would always be ready for action and not paralysed by fear of what may never happen! Whenever you are confronted with fear over an incident that has not or may never take place, just take action.
Action could come through saying a prayer, sharing your fears with someone who ALWAYS gives you valuable and encouraging advice, asking yourself questions that would help you come up with action plans that lead to a solution, etc.
Whatever it is, just take action to overcome your fears and achieve the results you sincerely and wholeheartedly desire.
More wealth secrets next week.
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