If you’re like me, you feel you are spinning your wheels, without getting traction. Or, you’re running in different directions, never making progress. You want to make a difference, but you don’t know how. And really, it’s easier to coast. 

Earlier this year, I happened to catch the Oscars. As actress Allison Janney walked to the podium to accept her Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for the movie “I, Tonya,” she took the award and simply said, “I did it all by myself.” It was classic. It was refreshing. 

I have a question for you.

How would you live if you weren't afraid?

Fear is the worst of the worst. It keeps us locked up in a dark prison cell. It creates a choke hold around our neck, leaving us feeling suffocated. It completely and utterly robs us of our joy.

Friends, we can't let fear win! We can't let it keep us from living our best lives. We can all live life unafraid when we incorporate the following two mindsets in our lives:

I grew up as the daughter of a Secret Service agent. It was pretty interesting. I loved bringing my dad in for career day. All of the other kids thought it was so amazing that he could tell the difference between a regular bill and a counterfeit one (did you know that the Secret Service deals with more than just protection?). They also thought it was neat that he would show up on the news with the President and be standing in the background with a serious look. We always chuckled at his "Secret Service face.” 

Sometimes we are in it. In that dense fog that surrounds a ship, leaving the captain disoriented and unaware of which direction to go. What if they hit an iceberg? What if they run into another ship?