Introduction

Not all fear leaves you sweating, fearing for your life or screaming and running for the hills. However, when it comes to success, ‘fear’ is a word I hear many times:

  • ‘I can’t turn this down. I’m too scared of what the consequences might be.’
  • ‘I’m frightened of what they might say.’
  • ‘I couldn’t let anyone find that out, that’s just too scary!’
  • ‘I can’t do that!’

Fear lurks behind so many elements of our lives, and to be successful you need to find ways to battle it. You must find where it hides and eradicate it.

As a child you had someone there to hold your hand and coax you forward and keep the momentum going, to guide you into action and help you find a way forward. However, as an adult it’s all too easy to stagnate, to stall ...

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