FEAR OF FAILURE!
FEAR OF LOSS!
FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN!
FEAR OF CONFRONTATION!
FEARS THAT GRIP YOU WHEN OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE!
What is Fear?
Fear is an emotional response triggered by perceived threats or danger, designed to protect individuals by activating the body’s fight-or-flight response. It ranges from acute fear of immediate danger to chronic anxiety about future uncertainties. This instinctual reaction prepares the body to confront or escape threats, but it can also lead to overwhelming feelings that affect daily life.
Why Fear Holds People Back
Fear can hold people back by causing paralysis, preventing them from taking action or making decisions. It often leads to avoidance behaviors, where individuals shy away from challenges or opportunities due to anxiety about potential failure or judgment. This avoidance reinforces negative self-perceptions and cognitive distortions, making it increasingly difficult to confront fears in the future, ultimately limiting personal growth and fulfillment.
Fear Can Be Subtle, often manifesting in everyday situations without overt signs of anxiety. It may present as a lingering sense of unease or discomfort that influences decision-making and behavior, such as hesitating to speak up in meetings, avoiding social interactions, or procrastinating on important tasks. This underlying fear can be tied to concerns about judgment, failure, or the unknown, and may not always be recognized consciously. As a result, individuals may not fully understand the extent to which subtle fears affect their lives, leading to missed opportunities and unfulfilled potential.
There is so much information available on business startups that it’s easy to simply become lost in it. You spend valuable time reading through numerous articles and posts while trying to organize and make notes for reference and you are left without a comprehensive plan.
As you know, there are no retrictions or accuracy guidelines on much online content. In my experience, some of the information on business startups is helpful while other sites that I have reviewed are totally useless. Also there are many business information sites whose sole purpose is to hustle you for some speculative business opportunity or push affiliate sales where they eceive a commission.
The overload of information leaves you stranded from a starting point. You keep plowing through information and tips, but nothing comprehensive to plan your steps to success and actually get started.
Many “experts” assume you have unlimited resources to devote to a startup and provide advice that is both expensive and very time consuming to implement. Also there isn’t any “heart” or feelings in the often dry advice.
Some of the information uses certain buzzwords and jargon that can be unnecessarily complicated and difficult to understand. And doesn’t all instructional information seem to assume that you know something that you actually don’t
Most startup material only addresses the business side of entrepreneurship. However, your personal productivity, self management and execution skills are often more important to the success of your business then the strategic business decisions themselves. That’s for you to learn in another book or resource, but who has the time?
You don’t need to be chastised for past failures or just given general suggestions on business startups. You need a mentor who understands your challenges and helps you with the necessary steps of your Entrepreneur Hero’s Journey, to address the inevitable obstacles along the way and successfully launch and succeed in your business.
“Grow a Set – Your Hero’s Journey” is an empowering course designed to help participants confront their fears and embrace their personal CALL TO ADVENTURE. Through a blend of practical strategies and spiritual guidance, the course introduces effective fear-fighting techniques employed by successful individuals. It emphasizes resilience, self-discovery, and character transformation, drawing inspiration from a program, which according to a Stanford University metastudy, is possibly one of the most effective and successful character transformation programs available. Participants will engage in reflective practices that promote growth, encouraging them to step boldly into their journeys and unlock their full potential.
Never forget that there is a HERO inside of you! This course will help you nurture and uncover your INNER HERO!
Your hero’s journey begins with your CALL TO ADVENTURE. I want to serve as your MENTOR, to help you CROSS the THRESHHOLD into the UNKNOWN WORLD of the HERO. I will guide you to develop skills to navigate the TRIALS ahead and assist in your GROWTH and development of NEW SKILLS and finally your REBIRTH, REVELATION and GETTING the GIFT of spiritual awakening and personal transformation. (adapted from Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth from The Hero With a Thousand Faces)
“The Hero’s Journey and its Myths are clues to our spiritual nature and they may guide us to a sacred place within where we might unlock the creative power of our deeply conscious self. The most heroic of all acts is the courage to discover who you are and what you would like to be, to slay the savage dragon of your ego and follow your bliss to the truth of your life.” Bill Moyers
REALLY? Like you, I have always been a bit cynical of programs that promised to turn your life around in 3 easy steps and I have spent many years of study in my quest to turn my live around.
I started listening to self help programs on cassette tapes, even before CD’s and of course long before digital. I also compulsively read one self help book after another. I was actually quite successful as a tax and business attorney, but my real passion was teaching. I did teach part-time at Tulane University and several local colleges. But down deep I really wanted to teach full-time. Also while I enjoyed the business and legal topics that I taught, I’ve always been fascinated with self improvement and its profound effect on people’s lives.
So teaching self improvement was my true passion. It was my treasure. But I first needed to step outside of my comfort zone to pursue it. My previous path to corporate lawyer and Certified Public Accountant wasn’t easy, but it was very well defined. Go to school. Make good grades. Pass the bar and the CPA exam. Get the good job with a large corporate law firm. Follow their path.
But to pursue my real pleaseure, I needed to plunge into an unknown, uncertain and intimidating path. That was the cave I feared to enter.
Where would I start? How would I start? Could I really get noticed in a saturated, competitive marketplace? Suppose people didn’t think my material was good? Do I really have to market and put myself out there? Although I did respond to my Call to Aventure, my response was tepid and I always seemed to put off the tough, uncomfortable tasks as I struggled to gain traction.
Fear was holding me back. I needed to “Grow a Set.”
Growing a Set involved changing myself from the outside in as well as the inside out. Changes from the outside in included the forming positive habits to address avoidance behaviors such as procrastination and putting off difficult tasks due to fear.
Fear also needed to be fought from the inside out through deep character change. I embraced the Hero’s Journey, which had both academic(1) and extensive anecdotal support(2) for its viability. I also worked a series of steps and practices to internally fight fear and other character defects that was based on an effective system developed at the beginning of the 20th century by a Christian movement called the Oxford Group. The program later evolved into the 12 Steps to address addictions and other self destructive behavior, which a Stanford University meta-study (combination of many studies) found was one of the most successful behavior modification programs available today. (3)
For purposes of this course, I have modified the 12 Steps to address fear and other character defects for the general population, although it could be argued that we’re all addicted to something (e.g digital devices).
(1) Rogers, Benjamin A., “Seeing Your Life Story as a Hero’s Journey Increases Meaning in Life,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, May 2023.
(2) The Power of Myth, According to its producer, many viewer claims of life-changing results from the popular television series hosted by award-winning producer, journalist and former Presidential press secretary, Bill Moyers, featuring conversations with renowned mythologist Joseph Campbell, the originator of the Hero’s Journey.
(3) Stanford University School of Medicine, Cochrane Library, Database of Systematic Reviews. 2020 Issue 3, Article Number CD012880, Kelly JF, Humphreys K, Ferri, M,
That’s how I developed the GROW A SET: YOUR HERO’S JOURNEY course. It changed my life and will change yours.
Upon registering, you will receive immediate and lifetime access to Grow A Set: Your Hero’s Journey Progam, which consists of over 5 hours of quality video content, handouts and guides, to help you you build confidence, face your fears, and take bold steps toward a better life. I’m here to guide you on this journey of empowerment and self-discovery.
Together, we’ll challenge our beliefs, overcome obstacles, and develop the courage to act decisively in the face of fear. It’s time to stop playing small—let’s Grow a Set and make things happen!
As mentioned above, I’m very excited about this program having spent years learning and refining proven self improvement techniques that changed my life and can change yours as well. As I emphasized, all of the methods that I suggest in the Grow a Set program have considerable research to back up their effectiveness.
All Participants will be provided a Hero’s Journey Planning Guide © to assist you in Growing a Set and responding to your Call to Adventure. The Guide breaks down the Hero’s Journey into manageable steps that you could use for ready implementation.
The most vlauable intangible of the course is that it helps you actually become your hero by instilling a positive, confident attitude to succeed on your Hero’s Journey and sidestep your fears and address the inevitable obstacles along the way.
Growing a Set is defined as acting in a strong confident manner, particularly after failing to do so in the past.
You have a brain more capable, more original and more complex than any AI system. This course will teach you to optimize and couple your brain with your heart and access your inner hero as well as provide a detailed path for your Hero’s Journey.
You have everything inside of you to succeed. No matter your background, education or resources, there are people with less advantages than you succeeded in finding their treasure in the cave that they initially feared to enter. They were able to access their inner hero and leverage their skills and resources with the desire and belief of their inner hero into a successful life.
If your waiting for the the perfect time to start your business, you may be waiting a long time. Commit to your Hero’s Journey and determine how AI could assist in your product development or as part of your business solution, if applicable. The focus should always be on customer acquisition in your niche or market segment. If you have satisfied customers in your niche, then you can sell potential AI solutions to them and even position your business (primarily your customers) for sale. The smaller companies who eventually grew larger effectively served their customers by addressing a customer need or problem. Controlling the customers is just as important as controlling the technology. Like the Internet, AI technology will eventually become widespread and to some extent commoditized even possibly as a backend utility. But an acquired receptive and satisfied customer base has temendous value since it cannot be easily duplicated. It’s much easier to sell solutions to customers who already know and trust your business.
Business How-To on Steroids
Tim’s course was like a self-help book combined with a business how-to on steroids. It got me un-blocked and back in the game. Thanks Tim
Ezra Hodge
Developer
Hero’s Framework for the Solopreneur
Look, it’s not easy being a solopreneur. It sucks sometimes. This course helped me feel a part of something bigger. It gave me a vision, a framework, the Hero’s framework.
Rick Mekdessie
Programmer
My Business is Also About Me
I realized too late inot my own business that I hadn’t thought enough about me. This course helped to change that.
Karen Richard
The Introduction discusses everyone’s primary impediment to success, which is FEAR. Joseph Campbell says it so well “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure that you seek.” If you’re ever going to achieve your life’s goals, then you need to fight fear.
The 12 and 12 fear destroyers include the 12 stages of the hero’s journey and the popular and effective 12 step programs for addressing addictions and other character defects. I will adapts the 12 steps for a general audience and summarize the process into an easily workable program that you can use to Grow a Set and plan your hero’s journey.
The “Call to Adventure” is the first major stage in the Hero’s Journey, in which the hero is invited to leave the ordinary world and venture into the unknown. This Call presents itself as a challenge, problem, or opportunity that disrupts the hero’s regular life. This module will discuss the most effective ways to respond to the Call to Adventure and seek your treasure.
This module discusses planning the Hero’s Journey, setting clear goals and objectives. This may involve clarifying the purpose of the quest in identifying the desired outcome. The hero creates a plan of action, considers potential obstacles and plans how to navigate them. This module also address supernatural aid and a support system. Supernatural aid often manifests itself as a guiding force or protective power that helps you navigate the unknown.
This module will discuss departing the ordinary world and “Crossing the Threshold” into unfamiliar territory and facing a series of tests, allies and enemies, often referred to as the “Road of Trials, ” which presents a series of tests and obstacles that require the hero to grow, adapt and prove their worth.
At this stage, the hero encounters the most difficult challenge or darkest moment (“The Abyss” or “the Ordeal”). This critical confrontation requires the hero to undergo a profound transformation, emerging with a new perspective or power (“The Reward”). This change Is often Internal, symbolizing personal growth, self-realization or a breakthrough.
The hero now must return to the ordinary world, now changed and carrying “The Elixir” (wisdom, knowledge or a physical reward), emerging as a more complete mature and empowered individual, having definitely GROWN A SET!
Below are some bonuses registering for The Entrepreneur Hero’s Journey. The bonuses listed below are extremely helpful to entreprneurs.
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There are numerous written handouts, notes and guides to all of the lecture material. I provide this information to make it as easy as possible for your to absorb the material, prepare your written business plan and then to dive into your business.
Tim Burns, CPA, MBA, JD, is an accomplished and recognized business professor, speaker, and author with a track record of representing and guiding many entrepreneurs towards success. He also served as an Instructor of Entrepreneurship at the Tulane University School of Business. Tim previously served in the corporate legal department of a Fortune 500 company.
Tim has published two books on entrepreneurship: Break the Curve: The Entrepreneur’s Blueprint on Small Business Success and entrepreneurship.com.
Tim also recognizes the integral role that self-management skills such as goal setting, optimal performance, and perseverance play in achieving triumph. He has devoted years to studying and presenting on this crucial topic and his self-development book, Mid-Life Tune Up, further solidifies his commitment to empowering individuals to reach their full potential.
Tim seamlessly blends the subjects of entrepreneurship and personal empowerment in his educational programs and materials to maximize your chance of success in the ever-evolving business landscape.
Lastly, Tim loves teaching and he loves his students and sincerely wants them to learn and succeed. His material is concise and well organized and he employs all learning methods: visual, kinesthetic and auditory in presenting the information to maximize learning and retention. He also provides students with outlines and transcripts to reinforce their understanding, so that they can immediately begin implementing the techniques.
Tim firmly believes that there is a hero inside all of us. His ultimate goal is to unlock the hero within his students, empowering them to conquer the business world and live the life they’ve always dreamed of. Through his transformative e-learning courses, Tim invites you to embark on a journey of self-discovery, knowledge, and unwavering success. Are you ready to unleash your inner hero? Join Tim’s courses today and embark on a remarkable path to greatness.
MGMT 3010 blends traditional business planning and management with self management in the preparation of a buisness plan for a start up business. Concepts from a variety of disciplines including, but not limited to, accounting, finance, marketing and management. Topics such as market analysis and segmentation, product postioning, customer acquisition, and business planning are covered in a lecture, discussion and problem-solving framework. There is also discussion of essential self-managment skills such as a postive attitude, goal setting, perseverance and execution strateigies. This course includes the preparation of a business plan.
The tuition for taking my popular entrepreneurship course at Tulane University, which many students did, was $4818. But I want to offer you basically this same course online for a fraction of the cost, so that it is more accessible to anyone with the dream of starting and succeeding in their own business. I also make every effort to replicate the university version MGMT 3010 in the online course, including the preparation of extensive notes, handouts and guides as well as provide email support and a monthly forum to answer questions. The online course still presents the same prnicples discussed in the classroom, as well as some of the bonus content, including the accounting whiz kid.
We know that you’ll love the course The Entrepreneur Hero’s Journey as much as we do. In fact, if for any reason you’re not completely satisfied with The Entrepreneur Hero’s Journey, just request a refund within 30 days and we’ll issue a full refund.
You have lifetime access to the course as well as any updates.
Yes, there is contact information that is provided to you which gives customer support options for the course.
This course has literally Yes. There is a facebook group of course attendees that will allow you to interact with other attendees of this course.
Yes. You can cancel your purchase after 30 days and receive a full refund.
Yes. There is a facebook group of course attendees that will allow you to interact with other attendees of this course.
There are numerous outlines, transcripts and notes provided as well as sample business plan templates to assist you in completion of the course and the preparation of your buisness plan.
The course is self paced. There are 10 modules to the course (counting Module 5 – Customer Acquisition which is a 2 part module) that that range from appoximately 30 minutes to 60 minutes in length. There are also exercises assiciated with some of the modules. If you devote 30-60 minutes per day, you can have a completed business plan for your dream business in two to three weeks.
I firmly believe that there is a hero inside of ALL OF US. This course will help you ignite your hero self and pursue your unique purpose in prusuing and fulfilling the dreams of your Hero’s Journey.
This course will guide you along every step of your Hero’s Journey seamless integrating the business planning and personal development skills necessary to succeed in your Hero’s Journey and the successful starting and succeeding in your dream business.
Success tools provided inculde notes, handout and a customized business plan which sets out your strategy, tactics, milestones and stepping stones to guide you to success n your journey.
I firmly beliive that there is a hero inside of all of us and I want to help you access your hero. I have taught, written and studied entrepreneurship and self development for decades and this course if the culmination of my efforts. I love my students and want you to succeed. Please allow me to help ignite the hero inside you and gudie you along your Hero’s Journey.
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