Most people are uncomfortable with change.

It’s the whole lizard brain/primal instinct thing that makes us squirm when circumstances and places are new to us.

But without NEW behaviors, thoughts and actions, without changing what we belief and what we are doing, we get the same results.

This is super important for women in business.

You want more (money, clients, impact, insert other thing), then you have to do new things. You MUST change.

Case in point: A few years ago, I had the opportunity to contribute to Forbes. And I was terrified.

What if they reject me?
What if they don’t like it?
What if I screw this up and I never get the opportunity again?

All the normal fears surfaces.

But just as I teach, I did the dance with fear.

Fear, in and of itself, is a yield sign – not a stop sign.

It means to pause and look around for more information. And sometimes, it means the fear doesn’t dissipate but you choose to DO IT ANYWAY.

So I did it. I sent my handful of lines into Forbes and let it go.

And so it began.

Check out “9 Ways to Encourage Change in your Organization.”

That was my first contribution with them. I went on to write 17 articles, some solo. SEVENTEEN.

Here’s the lesson: No matter how scared you are, you won’t get what you want if you don’t MF try.

That first article I contributed says as much, too.

If you want to see the rest, go here. Over a two-year period, I wracked up the words.

What are you doing TODAY that scares you? It’s how we make progress.