Words of Wisdom: Dale Carnegie On Fear
Dale Carnegie was a writer and speaker on topics that included self improvement, positive attitude, public speaking, among other things. Below are some of my favorite thoughts he shared on fear:
- Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear
- Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind
- Fear not those who argue but those who dodge
- First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst
- If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy
- Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy
- Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed
- Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare
- The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore
- You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind
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Posted by DDFD at 2/27/2009 4:00 AM 
Categories: Self Improvement, Words of Wisdom, Productivity, Personal Philosophy
Tags: Self Improvement Productivity Dale Carnegie Quotes Personal Philosophy
Categories: Self Improvement, Words of Wisdom, Productivity, Personal Philosophy
Tags: Self Improvement Productivity Dale Carnegie Quotes Personal Philosophy
When we are children, we can become afraid of the dark. Even if it's just for a moment or only on occasion, we all had that fear in some form or another.
It was as if there was something there in the dark that wasn't there a moment before when the lights were on. It took me a while, but I finally figured out what the fear was all about.
We were afraid of being scared.
It's a fear of somehow being out of control, at least for a moment, so the idea of action (that manages the situation) versus worry (that makes you more like a victim of the situation) is absolutely the right approach. And, it's a good approach for just about any situation.
Clair
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Nice comments-- thanks for sharing the childhood memories . . .
I am probably going to do a post on the fear of success-- I am very interested in learning why people sabotage themselves and the possible remedies to this tragedy.
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