Inspirational Quotes - Fear and Risk

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Inbox Insight No. 14

QUOTE

"Every time you meet a situation, though you think at the moment it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned.

Once you have met it and lived through it you find that forever after you are freer than you were before."

Eleanor Roosevelt, humanitarian

INSIGHT

It seems that when you do something successfully that has scared you, you benefit from that for the rest of your life. Surely sometimes it's worth the risk?

Of course, sometimes the risk lies in refusing to do something.

The trick lies in knowing when you are acting out of fear.

QUESTION

Is there anything you're avoiding doing just because it feels scary when you think about it?
What's the worst that could happen?
AND! - what's the best?