Peter McWilliams Quotes About Fear
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To overcome a fear, here's all you have to do: realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway.
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Running from fear only strengthens fear-you are demonstrating that fear has power over you. Fear must be faced and gone through.
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Write 10 times: 'Fear is my friend. Fear is the energy to do my best in a new situation.' You don't have to believe it; just write it.
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Do we indulge our heart, or cater to our fear?
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..Fear is the energy to do your best in a new situation. The feeling of fear (anxiety, nervousness, shyness, or any of its other aliases) is really "preparation energy". It's getting you ready to excel, to succeed, to do your best and to learn the most.
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Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from.
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I'd have a nervous breakdown except that I've been through this too many times to be nervous.
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The only difference between fear and excitement is what we label it. The two are pretty much the same physiological/emotional reaction. With fear, we put a negative spin on it: "Oh no!" With excitement, we give it some positive english: "Oh, boy!"
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Because people are afraid of fear, they give up acre after acre of their own life.
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The only difference between 'fear' and 'excitement' is what we label it.
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Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.
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