Are There Hidden Benefits To Doing Something You Once Feared?

The day has come.

The day you have dreaded for weeks.

You cannot imagine a fate worse than this.

Today, is your friend’s birthday party.

They have chosen the most unholy and horror provoking event to celebrate their new year.

They have decided to take all of their friends to an amusement park.

For most people, this may sound like the most fun any person could have for a few hours.

To you, it is the gut dropping, mind numbing, personal hell that has been hoisted upon you.

You have had a fear of roller coasters ever since you saw a movie with people falling from the ride.

You cannot get the image out of your head.

Your friends encourage you to try the largest and fasted ride with them.

You protest and explain that you would rather stay behind.

They insist that you muster the courage and join them on this momentous occasion.

Eventually you acquiesce.

You sit in the little train.

You are buckled up.

The seat protector is secure.

Moments later, the train starts its ascent.

You feel your heart sink into your stomach.

You are not ready for this.

You want to get off.

But, it is too late.

As the train starts to twist and turn and you scream with your friends, you feel a release you had not expected.

By the time the ride is over, you feel exhilarated.

In fact, you want to go again.

You have mastered your fear.

In this vignette, an individual fears an amusement park ride and eventually learns to love it.

Not everyone has this exact experience, but there are times when fears turn into joys and something once avoided is now sought after.

Are there hidden benefits to doing something you once feared?

Are the things we fear the most, the things we want the most?

Join Oleg & Steve Gamlin as they discuss how their fears turned into their greatest desires.

Is Hope Just Positive Thinking? Or A Real Shift In Perspective?

When you look at a cup of a water with liquid that fills up to the halfway mark, what do you see? Is the glass half full of water? Is the glass half empty?

This analogy has been used to describe both positive and negative thinkers. A positive person tends to look at what is in front of them and is happy for it. A negative person notices what is missing and become bitter because of it. 

However, where does the idea of hope fit into this? Can only positive people experience hope? Does a negative person feel hopeless?

Hope can create a feeling of peace in times of uncertainty. The positive person may be able to access this framework more easily. For the negative person, it is not unfair of them to feel upset in times of turmoil, but they can still access hope for better days. Does the negative person then to shift their way of looking at the glass?

Is hope just positive thinking or a real shift in perspective?

Please join Oleg and Steve as they ponder the perspective of hope and feel free to add your thoughts in the comments below. 

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What Is The "IT" Factor?

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What is the “IT” factor?

Do some have it and others don’t? Or does everyone have it in their own unique way?

How do you know if you have the “IT” factor?

Is it a feeling, thought or something entirely different?

Join us on Apr 9th, 11:45 AM EST, via Facebook or LinkedIn LIVE, as we (Scott Mason, Oleg Lougheed, Casey Berman, and Steve Gamlin) have a discussion about what does it mean to have an “IT” factor, whether or not it is something that all of us have or not, ways to recognize and act on it, and other related topics.

This discussion may start with the four of us, but it is your perspectives that will help us see other sides to this rather complex topic.

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