1. What are my worst fears?
- What do they originate in?
- Have any of my fears become obssessive?
- Can I look at them dispassionately?
- When troubled by fears, do I end up feeling helpless and depressed?
- What is the worst that could happen if I tried something I fear to do?
- Would I rather take a risk than pay the price of imaginary fears?
2. How do I look at risks?
- Am I afraid of making mistakes?
- Am I afraid of failure?
- Am I afraid of change and its impending threat?
- Do I worry about loss of face?
- Do I fear failure and withdraw?
3. Are my failures and mistakes due to lack of effort?
- Do I see them as learning experiences?
- Do I see them as opportunities?
- Do I worry that people may regard me as a failure?
- Do I tend to use words like "can't, maybe, I'll try"?
- Do I tend to use words like "I can, I will, I'll do"?
- Does my self-talk support my self-esteem or does it keep pulling me down?
- Do I believe that individual initiative is vital for change?
- What do they originate in?
- Have any of my fears become obssessive?
- Can I look at them dispassionately?
- When troubled by fears, do I end up feeling helpless and depressed?
- What is the worst that could happen if I tried something I fear to do?
- Would I rather take a risk than pay the price of imaginary fears?
2. How do I look at risks?
- Am I afraid of making mistakes?
- Am I afraid of failure?
- Am I afraid of change and its impending threat?
- Do I worry about loss of face?
- Do I fear failure and withdraw?
3. Are my failures and mistakes due to lack of effort?
- Do I see them as learning experiences?
- Do I see them as opportunities?
- Do I worry that people may regard me as a failure?
- Do I tend to use words like "can't, maybe, I'll try"?
- Do I tend to use words like "I can, I will, I'll do"?
- Does my self-talk support my self-esteem or does it keep pulling me down?
- Do I believe that individual initiative is vital for change?