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What are You Afraid of? Dealing with Fear

• How fear affects us
   
  • Fear is probably our strongest emotion
  • Fear is often crippling - relationships, failure, rejection
  • Fear creates stress & Stress causes cognitive decline
• Options
   
  • Embrace fear - It is great for telling us something may be wrong.
     
    • Ask Yourself, what is the worse thing that could happen? 
  • Acknowledge fear - don’t lie to yourself and pretend you aren’t afraid
  • Decide to do the courageous thing
  • Fear is often irrational - we fear things that are inconsequential or will likely never happen
• Defensive Applications
   
  • Overcoming fears allow you to quickly accept situations and act in positive ways to turn the odds in your favor
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