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Arianna Huffington’s Top 10 Tips to Becoming Fearless

I’m delving back into one of my favourite books ‘On Becoming Fearless’ by Arianna Huffington. I highly recommend it, along with her other book ‘Thrive’.

For those who don’t know who Arianna is, here is a short bio from Wikipedia. “Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington …. is an author, syndicated columnist, and businesswoman. She is a co-founder of The Huffington Post, the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, and the author of fifteen books. She has been named to Time Mangazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people and the Forbes Most Powerful Women list.”

I have always found Arianna not only inspiring, but also logical and straightforward. For example, she has a passion about ensuring people get enough sleep, and I know from my own experience how much sleep, or lack of sleep impacts my own life. You can read more about her book The Sleep Revolution here.

However, today, I want to share with you Arianna’s Top 10 Tips to Becoming Fearless from her book of the same name. She covers so many of the things that we as business owners will experience through the course of our journey. You may even like to print this out and pop it on your wall as a reminder. I always love hearing these insights from successful business owners. It’s nice to discover they are just like the rest of us, and not some magical being!

1. Be true to yourself. Constantly looking over your shoulder for approval means you’ll never find it. What’s more, you greatly increase your chances of walking into a wall or falling into a ditch – not to mention losing yourself in the process.

2. Turn down the volume of your inner critic. Everyone has one: the obnoxious roommate in your head, always there with the critical, self-doubting comment. But that doesn’t mean you have to listen. When the negative judgments start to blare, hit the off switch or drown them out with your iPod (a bit retro this part I know!).

3. Look past the glass ceiling to endless opportunity. Preoccupation with impediments allows us to climb only so high. Keep your mind open to new adventures and you’ll surpass every expectation.

4. Use the mirror to make sure your lipstick isn’t smudged, not to judge your value as a person.

5. Stop comparing yourself to others – it’s a no-win game. And especially stop comparing yourself to supermodels, who don’t even look like the perfectly lit and airbrushed supermodels we usually see in magazines.

6. Get enough sleep. It’s next to impossible to be fearless – or to be your best self – if you are sleep deprived. A good pillow is a vital addition to any beauty regime.

7. Slip into an air of self-assurance. Fearlessness is sexy. So is confidence.

8. Run, swim, bike, hike, do yoga, or hit the gym. And fill your lungs with fresh air. Never forget – you can go weeks without food, days without water, but only mere minutes without breathing.

9. Be assertive in love. Know what you want out of a relationship and have the courage to express yourself to get it. And if you don’t get it – and if the other person can’t even handle the mere expression of your needs – be strong enough to walk away.

10. Always remember: True fearlessness comes from a deep and complete acceptance of ourselves – not from what we wear, or how we look, or what we do, or what we accomplish.

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