Quote from Lifehacker who quoted Psychology Today:
[P]rimitive fear instincts are as important for self-control as the higher power to override instincts. Many of us let fear get in the way of long-term goals, and that’s not good. But it’s a mistake to think the solution is to overcome fear in general. You can’t (at least, not without a temporal lobectomy). And even if you could, you wouldn’t like the results. We need our instincts to let us know when something is just wrong — an immediate emotional evaluation that is even more powerful than complex reasoning and logic.
I’ve been letting fear hold me back. I think my new life resolution is to (in Theatre Rice words) fuck your fear.
Easier said than done though.
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