Faith Is a Skill You Practice

“All it takes to turn the fear factor around, is learning to be comfortable in, instead of terrified of, the unknown. All this is done through faith. Which is greater, your fear or your faith?”

Wouldn’t it be nice if achievement showed up wrapped in confidence? For me, it usually shows up stamped with a  question mark.

Where will the next winning audition come from? Could this turn into a regular client? That thing that’s been tugging at you and you finally decided to try…will it work? We’re taught to wait until we feel ready. Until we feel confident. Until the fear goes away. But experience, and science (yes, there have been studies about this) tell us something different: fear doesn’t disappear first. "Doing the thing" gets you over the fear, and showing up for yourself on the regular, builds belief in your abilities…faith.

Faith isn’t blind optimism. It’s the quiet decision to move forward without needing every answer in advance. It’s trusting that you’ll figure things out as you go by showing up, doing the work, and letting progress reveal itself one step at a time. You’ve done it before so you can have faith you’ll do it again. Maybe even better! Faith is a skill you practice in small, ordinary moments—when you show up, do the work, and trust yourself to figure it out.

Being comfortable with the unknown doesn’t mean loving it. It just means no longer letting it stop you.

Every meaningful achievement you admire (yours or someone else’s) required a moment where fear had a say, but faith had the final word. The people who move ahead aren’t fearless. They’re faithful to the process. Faithful to their preparation. Faithful to the belief that effort compounds.

So when you feel that all too familiar tightening in your chest, ask the question: Which is greater right now, your fear or your faith?

Then do the next right thing. Just take one little step. You don’t need to do the whole plan. Not the perfect version. Just the next step. If you do it, you’ll have proven to yourself you can and then you’ll try the next thing and the next. All the while building your faith in your own abilities so you can take on another challenge and another with less fear, and more belief you’ll succeed.

That’s how achievement has always been built. One faithful step at a time.