FEARS

                         THE BENEFITS OF BACKING AWAY FROM FEARS

                         WHEN CONFRONTED WITH AN ANXIETY-PRODUCING EVENT, MOST PEOPLE WILL RETREAT TO AVOID THE FEAR AND ANXIETY. THAT'S WHAT I USED TO DO. YOU SEE, BACKING AWAY DOES RELIEVE THE FEAR AND ANXIETY THAT WOULD HAVE RESULT IF YOU FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH THE ACTIVITY. FOR INSTANCE, IF SOMEONE ASKS YOU TO MAKE A PRESENTATION WITHIN YOUR COMPANY, AND YOU DECLINE, YOU SAVE AND THE NERVOUSENESS YOU'D EXPERIENCE IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE PRESENTATION.

                         IN FACT, I'VE FOUND THAT'S THE ONE AND ONLY BENEFIT YOU GET BY RETREATING---- A MOMENTARY AVOIDANTS OF ANXIETY.

                          THINK ABOUT IF FOR A MOMENT. CAN YOU LIST ANY OTHERS BENEFITS THAT PEOPLE GET WHEN THEY REFUSE TO CONFRONT THEIR FEARS? I'VE ASKED THAT QUESTIONS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, AND NOBODY HAS BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH ANY ADDITIONAL BENEFITS, FOR GOOD REASON---- THERE ARE NONE!

                                                  THE PRICE YOU PAY

                   NOW, I WANT YOU TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE PRICE YOU PAY WHEN YOU BACK AWAY FROM THOSE FEARS THAT ARE STANDING IN THE WAY OF YOUR GROWTH, HERE'S WHAT HAPENS:

                        * YOUR SELF-ESTEEM IS LOWERED

                        * YOU FEEL POWERLESS AND FRUSTRATED

                        * YOU SABOTAGE YOUR SUCCESS

                        * YOU LEAD AN UNEVERNFUL, BORING LIFE.

                    IS THIS A PRICE WORTH PAYING FOR THE SHORT-TERM AVOIDANCE OF FEAR AND ANXIETY? MOST OF US ARE INDEED WILLING TO PAY THIS DEAR PRICE, SIMPLY TO AVOID TEMPORARY DISCOMFORT AND POSSIBLE REDECULE FROM OTHERS.

                   TRUST ME FOLKS, THIS IS INSANE! IN THE RUN, RETREATING IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE YOUR PROBLEM. YOU'LL NEVER BE HIGHLY SUCCESFULL OR DEVELOP YOUR TALENT TO THE FULLEST UNLESS YOU'RE WILLING TO CONFRONT YOUR FEARS.