Making the Most of Your Fears

A presentation at NE Dev in April 2016 in 201 E 2nd St C, Ogallala, NE 69153, USA by Ben Seymour

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Making the most of your fears Ben Seymour

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Fear of crashing, which most likely results in death, is the most common reason for the fear of flying. Fear of flying: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_flying Fear of crashing, which most likely results in death , is the most common reason for the fear of flying.

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Logically

I know it’s all good Physics quite good understanding of what’s going on Statistically driving to the airport is probably more dangerous than the flight Engineering built way beyond reasonable tolerances

Pilots routine performance evaluation

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My animal brain however, is irrational, and quietly terrified.

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Buckle up. We’re going for a ride.

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However, mortal fear can be a brilliant catalyst for… … a life audit

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I update Evernotes… shared with my wife… which I sync before taxiing. … don’t even ask about our trello board.

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One suggestion is that a fear of flying relates to a lack of control

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The only thing you can really control is your perspective. https://unsplash.com/@nasa

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of what we worry about 97 %

…. never happens

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Writing

for me Talking

for me What other fears were potentially holding me back? “Find My Voice”

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What other fears were potentially holding me back? Fear Of Missing Out ( Twitter, email, new shiny things ) “Liberate Myself ”

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At no point did I find myself wishing I’d spent more time on Twitter…

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Time Attention Energy

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Give yourself the freedom to do your best work, to be your better you.

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5:2
→ 3:4

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What other fears were potentially holding me back? Fear of not being as good as I want to be. …

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Where might your fears take you? @bseymour