Ask yourself questions before you try to turn a fear into a habit

On April 26th Seth Godin blogged that:

"To overcome an irrational fear... replace it with a habit.

If you're afraid to write, write a little, every day. Start with an anonymous blog, start with a sentence. Every day, drip, drip, drip, a habit.
 
If you're afraid to speak up, speak up a little, every day. Not to the board of directors, but to someone. A little bit, every day.
 
Habits are more powerful than fears."

That’s broader and much briefer advice than his post three months earlier on Fear of public speaking. On January 30th I blogged about how Seth Godin gave an incomplete solution for fear of public speaking. Here is the other part he missed.

His recent advice has the same problem as before - assuming that desensitization alone will take care of things. It might not, so it would be better if you also asked yourself questions about what is bothering you.