active fear occurs when "The risky or difficult situation that we fear is thrust upon us....We cannot avoid it and have to find a way to overcome our fear or suffer real consequences. Such moment are oddly therapeutic...."
"Over time....The actual terrors that we faced began to lessen in intensity as we gained increasing control over our environment. But instead of our fears lessening as well, they began to multiply in number....It was as if the thousands of years of feeling fear in the face of nature could not go away - we had to find something at which to direct our anxiety, no matter how small or improbable."
"In the passive mode, we seek to avoid the situation that causes us anxiety....When we are in this mode it is because we feel that we are fragile and would be damaged by an encounter with the thing we dread."
"Fear creates its own self-fulfilling dynamic - as people give in to it, they lose energy and momentum. Their lack of confidence translates into inaction that lowers confidence levels even further...."
fear "is an emotion we find hard to resist or control"
50-Cent "is a master player at power, a kind of hip-hop Napoleon Bonaparte"
"The greatest enemy a man can have...is fear."
"In the beginning, fear was a basic, simple emotion for the human animal"
In the evolution of fear, a decisive moment occurred in the 19th Century when people in advertising and journalism discovered that if they framed their stories and appeals with fear, they could capture our attention.
seeing "a crisis or problem as a challenge" will allow you to convert the "negative into a positive...that will result in positive action as well."
"The source of their success could almost always be traced to one single skill or unique quality that separated them from the others"
"What excites me about America is its social mobility, people continually rising from the bottom to the top and altering the culture in the process. On another level, however, we remain a nation that lives in social ghettos....people like to associate with those of their kind. If we leave these narrow worlds, it is usually as an observer or tourist of another way of life."
"When we live in relatively comfortable circumstances....We find it harder to tolerate feelings of fear because they are more vague and troubling - so we remain in the passive mode."
The source of (50 Cents') power is his utter fearlessness.
Fear is not designed (to make us) feel that we are fragile creatures in an environment full of danger....It’s function is to stimulate powerful physical responses, allowing an animal to retreat in time. After the event, it is supposed to go away. An animal that cannot let go of its fears once the threat is gone will find it hard to eat and sleep.
When something goes wrong, look deep into yourself — not in an emotional way, to blame yourself or indulge your feelings of guilt, but to make sure that you start your next campaign with a firmer step and greater vision
active fear occurs when "The risky or difficult situation that we fear is thrust upon us....We cannot avoid it and have to find a way to overcome our fear or suffer real consequences. Such moment are oddly therapeutic...."