CHAPTER TWO
USE YOUR FEAR AND EMBRACE YOUR SUPERPOWERS
BIG IDEA
Fear. A four-letter word with significant power. It prevents you from taking that powerful step through Door Number Four. However, there is another perspective on fear. Fear is good. Fear, Mark McLaughlin, a neurosurgeon and author of Cognitive Dominance: A Brain Surgeon’s Quest to Out-Think Fear,1 says, forces us to pay attention. It compels us to decide and to act in the face of extremity. Fear is a survival mechanism. Fear is primal, ancient, inescapable. It drives us to make choices. Fear compels us to get clear on what matters.
Use your fear as a catalyst for action. It can help you clarify why your voyage matters and what’s at stake if you don’t choose to change how ...
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