How To Smash Fear With Social Media (Video)

Everyone has fears.  It’s the different ways we respond to our fears that set the winners apart from the losers.  Tim Ferriss is the famous productivity guru. Saying his book The 4-Hour Workweek changed my life is an understatment (my review). Recently, I came across a TED video where Tim Ferriss brings an analytical, yet accessible, approach to the challenges of self-improvement and career advancement through what he calls “lifestyle design.”  He particularly talks about how to overcome fears, your own worst enemies, by asking one simple question, “What’s the worst that could happen?“.

Before diving into Tim’s video, I would like to introduce 7 short tips on how to smash your fear with social media:

1. Fear of public speaking - Use Meetup to self-organize a group, host meetings from time to time and feature yourself as a host.

2. Fear of writing – Start a blog and begin to publish articles daily.

3. Fear of unknown – Information is the key. Once you know it, there is no fear. Start following the people that interest you the most on Twitter, and read their tweets everyday to get informed.

4. Fear of being overwhelmed – Prioritize your tasks and stay organized with Google Calendar, and other productivity tools.

5. Fear of being a leader – Start a Facebook group or page, and attract like-minded people who are willing to follow you.

6. Fear of failure – Watch this video first, then ask yourself “What’s the worst that could happen?“.

7. Fear of being depressed – Start everyday by watching these inspirational videos (check here). If you do a search on YouTube, you can discover more similar videos.

Now let’s enjoy this classic TED video featuring the productivity guru, Tim Ferriss.

Tim Ferris brings an analytical, yet accessible, approach to the challenges of self-improvement and career advancement through what he calls “lifestyle design.” His 2007 book, The 4-Hour Workweek, and his lectures on productivity are stuffed with moving, encouraging anecdotes — often from his own life — that show how simple decisions, made despite fears or hesitation, can make for a drastically more meaningful day-to-day experience at work, or in life.

Word-of-blog chatter in Silicon Valley may have propelled his book to bestselling success, but Ferriss himself takes a fervid stance against the distractions of technologies like email and PDAs, which promote unnecessary multitasking.

Following the success of his book, Ferriss has become a full-time angel investor. (Source: Ted.com)

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