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Fear Is Not Something To Be Afraid Of
Use it to your advantage not disadvantage
Fear is a powerful force in our lives.
If you fall prey to fear, it’s easy to become debilitated at the thought of the very thing you are fearful of.
However, if you recognise your fear and push yourself to face it, you can use it to better yourself.
Fear is all in the mind.
While it was a powerful tool for our ancestors, who were not at the top of the food chain, now, fear pops up in odd situations.
We may be afraid of public speaking, talking to the opposite sex, or socialising.
Often these are irrational fears are borne out of our evolutionary framework, which now has nothing obvious to be fearful of.
We have filled the gap with things that are nothing to be afraid of. They are not life and death situations. Merely, constructs in our minds, which have spiralled out of control.
The thing with fear is, the closer you get to it, the smaller it becomes.
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