"We have nothing to fear but fear itself." Blah, blah, yeah, I know. But fear is a powerful motivator (or is that DE-motivator?) There's a long list of things I'd like to try in my lifetime, but don't have the guts to attempt. Here are ten of them. If you're a Type A personality, you've probably already done some

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There is a lot to look forward to in making money on the internet.
Many let fear, uncertainty, and doubt rule their lives. They give up at the first sign of failure.
There is a group saying the internet will be over congested with traffic in two years and no one is investing enough to increase capacity. Just what you want to hear when the i

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Much has been said and written about how todays children are over protected. We don't let them out of our sight, we drive them to school. Councils cut branches off trees to prevent them being climbed and schools ban risky games. But do we need to take risks to gain confidence and build "character"? The post looks at experien

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Is your fear of being different preventing your success? Once you understand that you already are unique and allowed to be different you can take action that brings on success. Check out this article that discusses how you might be sabotaging yourself with the fear of being different.The fear of being different is often perceived as a failure

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Famous punk rock photographer Jenny Lens photos in LA Weekly, celebrating release of new book, "Live at the Masque: Nightmare in Punk Alley," with 33 of her photos. Celebrated underground punk icons Alice Bag, pre-Go-Go's Belinda and Charlotte, and colorful group shot with Exene of X, Weirdos Nicky Beat, Screamers KK Barrett and Sheila, Tr

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Ter-ror-ist - a person who terrorizes or frightens others. Google could just stop telling people what their page rank is if they wanted to stop posties and text linkers from being able to make money. If you're going to take page rank from one, why not take it from all and remove page rank all together? It is dead simple. Why would a company

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Do you fear failure? This post starts with some "Oprah" quotes on failure, and her attempt to redefine failure. It looks at how a fear of failure affects other problems, such as perfectionism. Also how it is linked with anxiety and other negative thinking patterns. It features a video highlighting some historical "failures

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There exists some of the most ridiculous fears that were observed from people. Although, most of us would think of them as funny, there are people who actually do experience them. So, how does one go around dealing with fear? First, we’ll have to define what fear is.

Imagine the worst that could happen and conquer it. What a

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What's the Most Important Thing to You?

Here is an exercise in stripping away what we think we believe to be what we think as important to reveal something else.

Just pose the question to yourself and write whatever comes into your mind.

Do not make any judgements to whether you think it is suitable or unsuitable just write it down.

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Every time we turn on the TV news there is always more devastation, sorrow, chaos, injury, war and famine. Some say that humankind is evolving to be better than our predecessors. I don’t believe that, I think humans are carrying on very much as they always have done. Of course this insanity isn’t everywhere but it tends to break out like acne

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Somewhere I read,if you feel excited as well as afraid to do a particular thing ,then you should do exactly that. If you feel just excited it doesn’t probably challenge your preconceived mindset. If it just makes you afraid, there is nothing positive in it. The right mix of positive(excitement) and negative(fear) emotions is the apt thing to

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Bloggers, Melody needs your thoughts and prayers. Melody is a mother of young children who has just had some horrific changes in her health. Suddenly without warning she collapsed, remaining unconscious for an undetermined period of time, leaving her and her family and doctors very worried about her prognosis. Hospitalized, poked and prodded

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insightful article about what causes us not to do what we should be doing. Discusses how comfort and fear blocks us from doing what we know is best for us. Good read.


Do what you fear & you control fear

The pain of change is forgotten once the benefits of that change are realized

insightful article about what cause

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Very good article about the type of questions you should ask yourself if you want to figure out your passion. A must read for anyone that has ever wanted to know what they should be doing with their life.

From the article:

According to a recent survey, about 75% of the population do not know what their true passion is. C

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This is a good article that points out the things that motivate us to do what we need to be doing in life as well as the things that stop us dead in our tracks and block us from doing what we should be doing. Very insightful and gives us a chance to better understand each motivator & demotivator so that we can better perform i

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very interesting list of fears that are weird and even ridiculous!

examples:

Allodoxaphobia - Fear of opinions
Anablephobia - Fear of looking up
Anglophobia - Fear of England or English culture, etc.
Anthrophobia or Anthophobia - Fear of flowers.

Astrophobia - Fear of stars or celestial space.
Asymmetriphobia - Fea

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We’ve all done this; I know I have, though I like to believe I am now beyond this: We hold onto the anger and hurts of the past. People tell me all the time about a family member or a friend who betrayed them who they will never talk to again. People scrunch up their hands and faces as they explain their troubles from the past.

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