CHAPTER FIVEDrive Out Fear

“What lies behind us, and what lies before us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

—RALPH WALDO EMERSON

The biggest single obstacle to success, happiness, performance, and productivity in any area of your life is contained in fears of all kinds.

Fear is and always has been the greatest enemy of mankind. More personalities are undermined and destroyed by fear than by any other factor. More relationships are hurt by fear than anything else, however it is manifested. More psychosomatic illnesses are caused by fears than by any other single factor. The minimization and elimination of fear is the key to becoming a fully functioning, happy, self-actualizing human being.

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