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title: Fear
created: 2024-11-18T09:18:12
modified: 2026-02-05T07:51:24
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> “Danger is real, fear is a choice” — Will Smith

> “Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth” — Pema Chodron

> “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” — Marie Curie

> “Life can be the scariest and most beautiful thing simultaneously.” — Maxime Lagace

> “You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.” — Dale Carnegie

> “There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.” — The Buddha

> “FEAR has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours.” — Zig Ziglar

> “If you approach the mountain in fear, it will look bigger than it appears.” — Tene Edwards

> “We grow fearless when we do the things we fear.” — Robin Sharma

> “Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.” — Rudyard Kipling

> “Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.” — Rabindranath Tagore

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If you can’t beat the fear, do it scared.

If you want something, do it. If you want something, but you’re scared, do it scared.

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| <sub>Source: [Janis Ozolins](https://ozo.art/)</sub> |

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If we’re controlled by fear, we’re in the mode of ignorance.

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[Reframe](a-true-transformation-begins-with-a-mental-shift.md) fear as an information gap. Gather information and conquer your fears.

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[Fear comes from inexperience, not incapability. You’re afraid because you haven’t done it yet, not because you can’t do it.](https://x.com/SahilBloom/status/1910310140995416458)

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心中有敵，天下皆為敵。心中無敵，無敵於天下。

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# Solution

* #TODO [Fear-setting by Tim Ferriss](https://tim.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ted_ferriss_fear_setting_sample_slides.pdf) (define your fears instead of your goals)
* Ali Abdaal
	1. Name the fear
	2. Overcome the fear
		* “_Will it matter in ten minutes? In ten weeks? In ten years?_”
	3. Reduce the fear
		* The Batman Effect: self-distancing, thinking yourself as a separate entity (someone other than yourself)
* Replace fear of the unknown with [curiosity](stay-curious.md)

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# Naval Ravikant

* _“90% of our thoughts are fear-based. 10% of our thoughts are [desire](the-absence-of-desire-is-true-happiness.md)-based.”_
* _“I think it’s not we fear [death](death.md). It’s we fear not [living the life that we want](how-to-live-a-life.md). And I think the easiest way to get out of that is to [start living the life you want](intentional-living.md) [now](live-in-the-present.md), not putting/frittering it off.”_
	* This will make you feel that life is long, and you will be less afraid of [dying](death.md).

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[Becoming the Ocean by Khalil Gibram](becoming-the-ocean-by-khalil-gibram.md)

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[Overthinking](overthinking.md)

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[Fear of Failure and Success](fear-of-failure-and-success.md)

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[Courage is knowing what not to fear](courage-is-knowing-what-not-to-fear.md)