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Category Archives: fear
Terrified of success
It’s worth reflecting why we systematically under-prepare for things: big speeches, job interviews, presentations to the Board of Directors, asking for a raise. We’ve heard all the talk about not losing spontaneity, about being in the moment. Phooey. All the … Continue reading
A better list
Lists are great – a systematized, orderly way to keep yourself on task and keep track of tasks. Except of course that lists are usually an excuse – an excuse to do everything but the real work we have to … Continue reading
What should I do, boss?
A typical email: Dear Boss, Here are all the things going on with this project. And also this. Plus there’s this other thing we need to keep in mind. This too, which is really important. And I’m worried about this. … Continue reading
The best birthday card ever?
A few years ago a good friend of mine started a greeting card business with all sorts of quirky cards for very specific events – buying a new Xbox; embarrassing faux-pas at the office holiday party; most sleepless nights in … Continue reading
WWYD?
It’s so, so easy to look all around for advice – to ask people who have done this before, who have more experience, who appear more qualified. And you should get this advice. You should research. You should dive deep … Continue reading
Too busy to do the scary stuff
We have to give ourselves credit – we don’t hide from the hard, scary things in obvious ways. We get creative, and do things that look similar enough to important stuff that we can fool ourselves. For example: Yesterday I … Continue reading
Fear.less this month
Ishita and Clay’s second edition of Fear.Less came out yesterday. Inspiration, love, passion, beauty, delivered to you by email for free, once a month, no strings attached. Read it because you want to be inspired. Read it because you know, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Zander, Chris Guillebeau, fear.less, Immaculee Ilibagiza, Julia Cameron, Platon, Suzanne Matthiessen
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School teaches
That expertise is out there and that it is narrowly defined. That we should narrow our focus and specialize. That if you, the student, don’t know the answer, that there’s an expert who knows better than you. It’s a sharpen-your-number-2-pencils … Continue reading
Whence “fear”?
So what’s with all this talk about fear anyhow? A lot of friends contacted me directly about my last two posts, asking one of two things: 1. Were you writing about me? 2. What are you so afraid of, anyhow? … Continue reading
The fear reels
Buddhists have a name for the constant chatter in our minds, the reel that keeps playing, pretending to be in the background, talking through our fears – they call it the “monkey mind.” The monkey mind is the stream from … Continue reading
