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FOCUS YOUR TIME AND MONEY Make Friends With Fear.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(IBD'S 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)
Byline: Robin Grugal
7 It makes sense to assume that those bold enough to take big chances must be unusually self-confident. But it isn't always so. Many of the towering figures we look up to are no less afraid than anyone else. They just don't let fear immobilize or distract them.
Plenty of prominent people have carried on despite near-crippling anxieties. Legendary football coach Bear Bryant often gave up the contents of his stomach before big games. So did Sir Laurence Olivier before his many stage performances. Winston Churchill, one of history's greatest orators, suffered such stage fright that he'd rehearse his speeches obsessively.
Even former President Ronald Reagan never conquered his speechmaking nerves. According to Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan, the real reason he told so many jokes at the outset of speeches wasn't so much to humor the audience, but to ease his own anxiety.
Fear's Flames
We're too quick to assume that fear leads to failure, says Richard Farson, who has studied the topic at length. Actually, when fear doesn't paralyze it can be a motivator. High achievers see fear as a necessary evil at worst, and at best a valuable ally.
"Those who are paralyzed by the thought of taking a chance see only peril in fear's crackling flames," he said in "Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins."
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