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“Fears are educated into us, and can, if we wish, be educated out.”
Karl Augustus Menninger
“The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.”
Mahatma Gandhi
What is holding you back?
Whatever you answer, it will in many cases boil down to fear in some form.
Now, fear can be useful to keep yourself alive. But many times, especially if you live a life where you have the possibility to reading these words, fear is just a big obstacle in your path.
But what can you do about fear? How can you overcome it?
In this article I’d like to explore a few of the timeless things that people have learned about that throughout the last few thousands of years.
1. Face your fear to become stronger.
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I don’t write a lot about applications/programs that can help you become more productive. I’m not really that much of a tech geek and loads of people know tons more about this than I do.
But one small program that I like immensely and that is a part of my daily routine is the Morning Coffee add-on for Firefox. It allows you to add your favourite websites and then when you press a button - located beside the Home button - in your browser all those websites open up in tabs.
Three reasons why I like Morning Coffee:
- Makes it easier to be disciplined. One big problem with being productive is all those interruptions. You work and then you think “oh, I wonder if something has happened in my in-box/on Facebook/on my blog”. And then you lose focus and spend 30 minutes just surfing around aimlessly. With this add-on you can add all those email/blog/social media websites and make a habit of just checking them via you Morning Coffee button. Perhaps once in the morning and once at night. Instead of running around online 10 times a day and getting stuck in procrastination.
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Published by Henrik Edberg September 29th, 2008
in Health, Personal Development and Success.
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Note: This is a guest post by Ari Koinuma of OurBestVersion.com.
I often take my kids to play in a sand-pit near our home. Both my 4-year-old girl and 19-month-old boy love playing in sand.
And sometimes I join them.
It’s such a bliss. I highly recommend it if you haven’t done it recently. Simple acts like digging a hole in sand has a very soothing, relaxing effect.
Like going back to a time when I didn’t have responsibilities. No need to perform, please or prove.
Scarcity of Unconditional Love
Childhood bliss is, unfortunately, something many of us don’t experience — and even if we do, don’t experience it fully enough. Imagine a baby cuddled in mother’s arms. You just exist, and your parents love you. You may not understand their words, but you get the message from their touches, their smiles, the tone in their voice. They tell you: we are glad you were born.
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“I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Many people have heroes in their lives. Heroes can be helpful to get inspiration and they can provide you with valuable information if they have already walked the path you are on.
But there are also a few downsides with having heroes. Or at least with putting them on too high of a pedestal. Something I think is pretty common and can be helpful at first. But, as you move forward it can become an obstacle for you.
Here are four reasons to be careful with your heroes.
1. They might not live up to your image of them.
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“Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.”
Anthony Robbins
Your mind like answers. It seems like whatever you ask it, it will find answers for.
So it becomes very important to ask yourself the right questions. Questions that will help you out rather than just make you feel more miserable and helpless.
I have already written a bit about this and listed some of my favourite questions.
Questions like: “What’s awesome about this?” and “Will this matter 5 years from now?”
Another favourite goes something like this: “What would X do?” X being whoever inspiring figure you want it to be. It’s a great way to shift perspective in a situation and find a more useful frame of mind.
For example, the non-conformist and rebel might ask: “What would Tyler Durden do?”
Me, I like Winnie the Pooh.
What would Winnie the Pooh do?
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