By Matata Mercy
In early January 2024, I came across a story online about a guy who claimed that he had the idea for Amazon first.
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And guess when he claimed to have got the idea, it was 1980 and for my case that was actually before we even knew about something called the internet.
But even if someone knew about the internet, I think we did not know where to start building something called the world wide web.
Since the internet was not easily accessible and was not widely distributed and it was even harder to build a website.
And if this guy was telling the truth about having had the idea for building an e-commerce platform like Amazon, I bet it would still be difficult for him to come up with a website.
May be if he nursed his ideas long enough and gathered enough finances, and at least by early 1990s he would have come up with a small website and started his journey of building something like Amazon.
He probably chickened out because of the words that he must have heard from his friends and family who told him such a thing can never exist.
In my own words, I would say that he lacked the balls or the courage to pursue his dreams.
His fears caught up with him and ate up his dreams. Assuming he did not give into fear, may be his story would be different today.
He would not only be talking about having had the idea for Amazon but also at least building it.
If he gathered enough courage to follow his heart's desires, he probably could now have been among the richest people in the world.
Now friends, that is the power of fear and what it can do to a human being. Fear can make us miss the best things in life.
You can miss the love of your life and even fail to get married to her or him.
For example if you are attracted to this beautiful woman and you really want her to become your wife and then live together like husband and wife but you fear approaching this woman, what do you think will happen?
Truth be told, if you do not express your feelings to this woman then nothing tangible will happen,your feelings will just remain as feelings and nothing else.
You have to get the courage to go and talk to this woman if you are going to charm her so that she can give you the chance to be a part of her life.
Express your feelings to this woman and tell her what she would miss if she was not in your life.
But if you are filled with fear and are afraid of rejection, winning the heart of that woman will be a very hard task for you to accomplish. That is on the relationship side.
On the career side, if you want to start and succeed in business, you will need to take some risks.
Without taking any risks, it will be hard for you to make progress in business.
If you fear to invest your money because you are afraid of losing it, it will be difficult for you to be successful in business.
I know fear is their for a reason, it is there to protect us from being hurt or getting disappointed.
But being disappointed or hurt is just a small side effect compared to what could happen to our lives if we looked at our fears in the face and marched towards them.
What could you achieve if you ignored your fears and marched towards your desired goals?
What kind of relationship would you have? What kind of career would you have?
To tell you the truth, I have no answer to those questions but you can try to imagine the dramatic change that could happen in your life.
There are some interesting memories that you could build in your life.
The good times spent with the woman you love, the illustrious career you had or the multibillion dollar business you could have built, the nice loving friends you could have made, the great sexual memories you would have built with women and many other interesting memories.
In conclusion,when you allow fear to take charge of your life, you will make life pass by you.
I sometime back came across a quote that said that 'The biggest risk you can take is not taking any risk.'
So if you are not taking any risks, at the end of your life you might regret the things that you had the chance and ability to do but didn't do simply because of fear.
Think about it! Good luck💪💪
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