unmasking fear & failure
reframing my mind to see fear of failure for what it truly is
unmasking fear & failure
“I wasn’t scared of missing, looking bad, or being embarrassed. That’s because I always kept the end result, the long game, in my mind. I always focused on the fact that I had to try something to get it, and once I got it, I’d have another tool in my arsenal. If the price was a lot of work and a few missed shots, I was OK with that.”
— Kobe Bryant
Using the feeling of being alive to choose life principles, and why fear blocks people from original paths.
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It might have been Joseph Campbell. But something to the effect of we're not searching for the meaning of life, but for the feeling of being alive.
And I think that's correct. And I think a great, if you play red light, green light with principle, as you search for your principle, I think you could do a lot worse than knowing you're on the right
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Fear is self-focused. Day to day, our fear is about us. What will happen if we give that speech, launch that project, get stuck in traffic, are eaten by an alligator...
And generosity is about others. “How can I help?”
Jumping in the water to save a struggling swimmer stops us from worrying about how we look in our suit or whether the water is cold.... See more
And generosity is about others. “How can I help?”
Jumping in the water to save a struggling swimmer stops us from worrying about how we look in our suit or whether the water is cold.... See more
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