is most afraid of being judged by others or letting people down.The OutcastThe Self Doubteris afraid of being blamed or held responsible.But just like getting a solid diagnosis is the first step in curing an illness, identifying your unique fear archetype is the first step in learning how to push past your fear and actually overcome it. Once we’ve identified where we are getting stuck, we can start to see how those patterns are playing out in our life, as well as what we can do about them.
Some great practical first steps are to start by claiming your target. And that means actually getting clear about what you want from your life. Because without a direction—something to aim at—you’ll end up spinning around in circles. From there, you can start working on your action plan, breaking down that big goal in to smaller, more manageable bites. I also highly recommend forming your own “truth club”—someone or a group of people who will hold you accountable and push you to be better.
A person who has a 95% score in any of the archetypes is going to be more affected by fear than someone who’s top archetype is only a 50% score. Ourmeasures not just a person’s top archetype, but the overall score and degree of fear across all seven Fear Archetypes. What we’ve found is that the higher the overall score, the more likely fear is negatively impacting your life in some way.
So, if as a Procrastinator, for instance, your biggest fear is making a mistake, you should practice doing some things imperfectly—actually force yourself to make mistakes and be okay with them. Or, as a Rule Follower you might practice breaking the rules. One reader reported that for the first time in her life, she dared to bring her lunch into the play area at McDonalds, even though the sign said,"no food or drink.
Every archetype fears something different, so when you can tap into that particular fear and start practicing overcoming it in small ways, it can build up your courage for when it really counts.