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Daring to Dive-In: Overcoming Fear to Unlock Your Unlived Life

Craig Stanland
4 min readMay 6, 2024

If you don’t swim, you can’t drown.

You also don’t get anywhere.

But what if there’s something you want on a small island out in the distance, and there aren’t any boats or other means to get there?

What do you do now?

More often than not, people tend to capitulate to their fear, saying things like,

“It’s not worth it.”

“Nah, I don’t really want it anyway.”

“I have so much already; I should be grateful for what I have.”

They retreat to their status quo and settle for complacency.

But what if a loved one was on that island, and they needed your help? There still aren’t any boats or other means to get there.

What would you do now?

You’d figure out a way.

Whether that be learning to swim, coming up with a plan, studying the tides and the conditions, practicing in shallow water until you built up your endurance, or maybe you would dive in and go for it.

Whatever it may be, you’d find a way to get to that island.

What if your friend desperately needed to get to that island? Again, there are no boats or other means…

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Craig Stanland
Craig Stanland

Written by Craig Stanland

From corporate success to federal prison, I share my journey to rediscover joy, meaning, and purpose. Join me in reinventing your extraordinary second act!

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