Michelle Poler - Hello, fears

I dont like introductions. I feel like I have to give away ALL the good stuff just to convince you that Im worth reading. Im a storyteller, so I dont want to JUST give away the fact that I faced one hundred Come on! Dont make me say it. It will totally ruin the story.

Curious yet?

Fine, Ill spill. I did this project not too long ago as part of my masters degree in branding, with the hopes of becoming a braver person. I faced 100 fears in 100 days. And it worked! I became a braver person, and the challenge went viral. By facing my darkest fears, like jumping out of airplanes, dancing alone in bustling Times Square, eating gross oysters (still gross), I also inspired millions of people along the way. This was never part of my goal. Im not that good of a person.

But convincing someone to read my book, buy my stuff? Im still very afraid of doing that. Im just a girl from Venezuela, living in New York, facing fears for a living, mostly the fear of public speaking, which I get paid to face over and over again.

But thats exactly why my voice could matter to you. That experience changed my lifeand this book could change yours.

This book is not about a 100-day project. This book is about how I was able to go from being a fearful girl who was UNWILLING to get out of her comfort zone to being a fearful girl who was able to redefine the concepts of failing, rejection, fear as obstacle, criticism, and others expectations and grow from there. Still a fearful woman, sure, but one who is checking her own boxes and living life according to her own standards now. Sometimes scared to try new things, but way more terrified of not even trying at all.

Would you dare to embrace that fear too?

This book is personal, both for me and for you. I tell stories here that Ive never told before, I say pretty embarrassing and vulnerable things, and I kinda expect you to do the sameI mean #equality! The less we fool ourselves with what we believe others want to hear, the more were able to uncover who we truly are. This book will help you embrace that message and evolve into becoming the best version of yourself. Isnt that one of the benefits of being alive?

You can turn this book to any chapter and begin from there. There are exercises I want you to work on as we go, and I want you to reflect and write in your own words and apply directly to your own life. This is not one of those books that you will read and pass on to someone elsenope! They can get their own books, darling; this one is yours to keep. You will want to revisit it at different stages of life and will get different things out of it each time you return. Fear will always be there, so continually changing our perceptions of it will help us go through life choosing courage and growth consistently. This book will get you outside of your comfort zone, and thats where all the magic happens, right?

OMG thats SO forking clich! I hate introductions, so PLEASE lets get this over with. Are you ready? See you in Chapter 1, or 5, or 10, whichever you decide to read first!

XOXO,

M ichelle

( Making it up as I go since 1988)