115 | Fear & Motivations in Our Decision Making Process The FITSPRO Podcast

Fear & Motivation in Our Decision Making







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I’ve debated making this podcast for quite some time. Mindset is not my expertise. But it is certainly a factor within my lane, if you will.







And I do think that this topic is extremely important to address for anyone attempting to build a business in the online space.







And truly, this goes far beyond business. You make decisions all throughout your day, in many different areas of life.







Today’s episode is really all about unpacking the motivating factors behind the decisions that we make. Let it be clear, that this episode is as much for myself as it is for you.







As I mentioned in my previous episode, we are all adults, this is free content, and you are allowed to take what you need from this content and disregard anything else. I trust you to do that for yourself.







Again, this topic can be applied to many many many areas of life outside of business. But for today I am focusing on making decisions with in your business and what is motivating you to make those decisions.







I think there are a lot of parallels between fear mindset and scarcity mindset. And possibly parallels between having an abundant, or growth mindset, and freedom.







Now, I have decided to make this episode based on conversations I have had with colleagues in the field. It’s always helpful to hear from and relate to other entrepreneurs who have similar experiences as I do.







From those conversations I thought heck, I might as well do this podcast.







Before we dive in, I do want to make a little disclaimer that I am not a psychiatrist, psychologist, or any type of mindset expert. I am speaking completely from my own anecdotal experience and stream of consciousness. And of course from those conversations that I have had personally.







So let’s look at what possible motivators exist for us making decisions. Because again this is for you and me both.







On a very broad scale, I believe it is true that people are motivated to take action based on gaining pleasure or avoiding pain. Perhaps that is outdated or incorrect. I am always open to hearing if someone has data or corrections for something that I have said.







So we can make decisions in order to avoid something or we can make decisions in hopes of gaining something.







Often times in my own life, when I make a decision based on avoiding some thing, or based in fear, I am making a decision that aligns with complacency.







Humans can fear many things. There is truly no limit to this. And that will be very individual to you. We can fear a reaction from others, we can fear failure, we can fear embarrassment, we can fear judgment, abandonment, and the list goes on. You can even fear success. We can fear being misunderstood, or taken advantage of, or being unappreciated. I am just throwing this out here and you can see what sticks for you.







My encouragement to you through this episode is to analyze where you might be making decisions based in fear. And what that is doing for your business or whatever area of life applies.