Overcoming Fear and Building Confidence with Chris Niemeyer

Bio: If Chris Niemeyer isn’t traveling the world with his wife and 4 young kids or running his businesses from his phone, he’s committed to helping other entrepreneurs work ON their business instead of IN it. Chris is a business owner, confidence coach, business productivity consultant and co-host of the Entrepreneurial Family Man podcast. He’s also passionate about helping small business owners discover more time and financial freedom. Living a life of adventure, spending more time with loved ones and operating in your sweet spot can be a reality as Chris teaches you how to automate, delegate & outsource effectively. Chris loves to travel, has been to 40+ countries and another 100 on his bucket list. For some strange reason, Chris’ interests start with the letter “f” – faith, family, friends, food, fitness, finance & far-off places. Outside of work, he’s likely being tackled by and playing with his 4 young kids, coaching their sports activities & enjoying family time with his wife, Alicia. Notes: Chris’s background and story FUD - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt Talking about fear and Chris’s story of public speaking How Chris dealt with his school trying to censure his speech How to move past fear and take more chances The FUD factor - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt It’s easy to throw a goal out there, but harder to identify the fear that has been holding you back What is the why? Four step FUD factor - Address the fear - what’s the worst that can happen? Manage the fear Fix the fear Quantify it The seven C’s to confidence Call it out Make a commitment Leverage connections Build courage Capabilities Consistency - Community - have a community Swedish Proverb: “Shared joy is double joy. Shared sorry is half sorry” How to work on the business instead of in the business The importance of identifying our true strengths and skillsets and levaerging those Advice: Spend two weeks identifying how and where you spend all of your time and identify all the tasks you would rather outsource Chris’s metaphor of a business as an office building Links: Website