Fear of what other people think
Fear of getting no reaction
Fear of being imperfect
Fear of wasting time
Fear of being wrong
Fear of looking silly
Fear of selling out
Fear of trolls
Pick yours. I have had most of them.
In a Q&A this week, an entrepreneur who wasn't posting asked:
How do I have the confidence to be visible?
I gave her three things:
- Why a post with 2 likes says nothing about you.
- What is really scary, since it's not the Instagram logo.
- What the people you're most afraid of seeing end up saying.
Watch this (2-minutes) to delete your fear of showing up online:
Then go and post the thing you have been thinking about all week.
You are under-known, not under-talented.
And you know how to fix it.
P.s. From Thursday I'm running a 12-week Instagram growth cohort with the best Instagram coach around. Handful of spaces left. Reply with the word cohort and I will send you the details today.
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