We often only think of fear as anxiety, terror and panic. Yet these are the least likely ways that fear will prevent you from taking helpful action. Fear is tricky, it uses manipulation techniques to control you, like:

- distraction (e.g. social media)
- intimidation (e.g. perfectionism)
- invalidation (e.g. not good enough)
- and flattery (e.g. "you've earned a break)

If you want to be courageous, you really need to be smarter about what fear is and how it works.

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