Fear and Failure
During one of my early appearances on Bishop D. Jakes's talk show, I made a bold proclamation: "I am the most fearless person you will ever meet." I don't know what made me say it, because I had never said something like that before in my life. I fig ured that the bishop and his team really liked what I had to say because they used that sound bite in the video promos advertising my appearance on the show. But here's the real deal. I am afraid a lot. I was afraid to pursue my talk show because I thought it might not work out. I was afraid to do syndicated radio because I didn't know if I would be accepted in enough markets to be successful. I was afraid to take on the Kings of Comedy tour. When Walter Latham came to us and said, "We are going to be playing in basketball arenas" I was scared. The largest crowd I had ever performed in front of at that point was five thousand people and that was on a good night. When interviewed President Obama, I was terrified because I didn’t want to blow Before I did Bishop Jakes's Mega- Fest, I tossed and turned for three nights in a row. My biggest moment of fear came when I did my first one-hour HBO special. I had never been more afraid of anything in my entire career. The Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia, was completely sold out, and I was positioned backstage behind a sheer curtain. waiting for the show to start. My heart beating so hard that I could literally see the pocket square in my suit rising and falling. If you look closely at the footage from that special, you can even see my hands glistening with sweat. Something went wrong with the timing for opening up the main curtains to begin the show. And I was anxious as I waited behind the curtain for a good six to seven minutes. But even though I was out of the audience's view. I could just feel their love saying, "Come on, Steve. Do not let us down When the curtain finally rose, the crowd went crazy. I grabbed the mike and just let it swing for a minute in order to collect my cool. When I finally started talking. I heard my voice begin to quiver. I just kept praying. Lord, please calm me down. Come on, Lord. This is my only HBO special. Please, God." And guess what? About fifteen minutes into my set. all my nerves disappeared and I was hot as smoke. That set became one of my best specials to date. What I learned from that moment is that when you face your fears, they aren't as big as you thought they were. What makes them big is when you don't turn around to face them head-on. The longer you avoid your fears, the bigger they grow in your mind. As I stood behind that malfunctioning curtain. I kept thinking, Lord Jesus, look at all these people. The longer I stood there, the more realized that I could keep worrying about the twenty-four hundred people in the room and fail. or I could just go out there and I could actually win. It really just comes down to deciding whether you want to win or lose.
ความกลัวและความล้มเหลว During one of my early appearances on Bishop D. Jakes's talk show, I made a bold proclamation: "I am the most fearless person you will ever meet." I don't know what made me say it, because I had never said something like that before in my life. I fig ured that the bishop and his team really liked what I had to say because they used that sound bite in the video promos advertising my appearance on the show. But here's the real deal. I am afraid a lot. I was afraid to pursue my talk show because I thought it might not work out. I was afraid to do syndicated radio because I didn't know if I would be accepted in enough markets to be successful. I was afraid to take on the Kings of Comedy tour. When Walter Latham came to us and said, "We are going to be playing in basketball arenas" I was scared. The largest crowd I had ever performed in front of at that point was five thousand people and that was on a good night. When interviewed President Obama, I was terrified because I didn’t want to blow Before I did Bishop Jakes's Mega- Fest, I tossed and turned for three nights in a row. My biggest moment of fear came when I did my first one-hour HBO special. I had never been more afraid of anything in my entire career. The Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia, was completely sold out, and I was positioned backstage behind a sheer curtain. waiting for the show to start. My heart beating so hard that I could literally see the pocket square in my suit rising and falling. If you look closely at the footage from that special, you can even see my hands glistening with sweat. Something went wrong with the timing for opening up the main curtains to begin the show. And I was anxious as I waited behind the curtain for a good six to seven minutes. But even though I was out of the audience's view. I could just feel their love saying, "Come on, Steve. Do not let us down When the curtain finally rose, the crowd went crazy. I grabbed the mike and just let it swing for a minute in order to collect my cool. When I finally started talking. I heard my voice begin to quiver. I just kept praying. Lord, please calm me down. Come on, Lord. This is my only HBO special. Please, God." And guess what? About fifteen minutes into my set. all my nerves disappeared and I was hot as smoke. That set became one of my best specials to date. What I learned from that moment is that when you face your fears, they aren't as big as you thought they were. What makes them big is when you don't turn around to face them head-on. The longer you avoid your fears, the bigger they grow in your mind. As I stood behind that malfunctioning curtain. I kept thinking, Lord Jesus, look at all these people. The longer I stood there, the more realized that I could keep worrying about the twenty-four hundred people in the room and fail. or I could just go out there and I could actually win. It really just comes down to deciding whether you want to win or lose.
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