OVERCOMING THE FEAR

OF CRITICISMBY JUDI WARREN

FEAR OF CRITICISM• WHEN WE FEAR CRITICISM, WE MISS OUT ON BEING A GIFT TO OTHERS. YOUR

PURPOSE IS NOT JUST ABOUT YOU; IT IS ABOUT THE MANY PEOPLE GOD WANTS TO INFLUENCE AND HELP THROUGH YOU! IF WE INSIST ON BEING COMFORTABLE BY AVOIDING THE CRITICISM OF OTHERS, WE WILL NOT FULFILL THE PURPOSE GOD HAS FOR US. EVEN THOUGH COMFORT AND FREEDOM FROM CRITICISM IS ON OUR CHECKLIST, IT IS NOT ON GOD’S. HE HAS A HIGHER STANDARD.

• FROM FOCUS ON THE FAMILY

FEAR OF CRITICISM

• IN NAPOLEON HILL’S BOOK “THINK AND GROW RICH”, HE LIST THE 6 BASIC FEARS. THE FEAR OF CRITICISM IS NUMBER 2 “IN THE ORDER OF THEIR MOST COMMON APPEARANCE.” HE STATES THAT THE FEAR OF CRITICISM ROBS US OF OUR INITIATIVE, DESTROYS OUR IMAGINATION, LIMITS INDIVIDUALITY, TAKES AWAY SELF-RELIANCE AND DAMAGES US IN HUNDREDS OF OTHER WAYS.

FEAR OF CRITICISM• ACCORDING TO NAPOLEON HILL, THE MAJOR SYMPTOMS OF THIS FEAR ARE:

 

• SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS~ NERVOUSNESS, TIMIDITY, AWKWARD MOVING OF THE HANDS AND LIMBS AND SHIFTING OF THE EYES.

• LACK OF POISE~ EXPRESSED THROUGH LACK OF VOICE CONTROL, NERVOUSNESS IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS, POOR POSTURE, POOR MEMORY.

FEAR OF CRITICISM

• PERSONALITY~ LACK OF FIRMNESS OF DECISIONS, PERSONAL CHARM, THE HABIT OF SIDE STEPPING ISSUES INSTEAD OF MEETING THEM HEAD ON. AGREEING WITH OTHERS WITHOUT CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF THEIR OPINIONS.

• INFERIORITY COMPLEX~ EXPRESSING SELF-APPROVAL BY WORD OF MOUTH AND ACTIONS. USING BIG WORDS TO IMPRESS OTHERS. BOASTING OF IMAGINARY ACHIEVEMENTS.

FEAR OF CRITICISM

• EXTRAVAGANCE ~KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES, OVERSPENDING.

• LACK OF INITIATIVE ~FAILURE TO EMBRACE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT, FEAR TO EXPRESS OPINIONS, EVASIVE ANSWERS, HESITANCY IN MANNERS AND SPEECH

FEAR OF CRITICISM

• LACK OF AMBITION ~MENTAL AND PHYSICAL LAZINESS, SLOW IN REACHING DECISIONS, TOO EASILY INFLUENCED, CRITICIZING OTHERS BEHIND THEIR BACKS AND FLATTERING THEM TO THEIR FACES, HABIT OF ACCEPTING DEFEAT WITHOUT PROTEST, LACK OF TACTFULNESS.

• WE MUST IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM SO THAT WE CAN SEEK THE SOLUTION.

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