A lot of freelancers find their forward momentum is slowed down by fear. Fear of making a cold call. Fear of reaching out to get work from a large or well-known company. Fear of charging more for their services. And so on.
And that’s perfectly natural. It’s normal to feel fear when facing an uncertain outcome.
But you don’t have to let it stop you.
One way to address fear is described really well by astronaut Chris Hadfield in the video below.
He is having a conversation with William Shatner. Hadfield is in the International Space Station and Shatner is at his home in California. And it seems they are big fans of each other’s work.
At one point in the interview, Shatner asks Hadfield how he manages to handle the fear he feels at dangerous moments, like when blasting off from earth.