Fear is an instinct that evolved to help humans survive threats but is often misunderstood today. While fear once compelled humans to fight or flee danger, it now provides a burst of energy that can be channeled productively, such as to overcome obstacles through public speaking with confidence instead of avoiding it. Similarly, humans must manage instincts like hunger today rather than avoiding things that cause anxiety. Fear should be accepted and harnessed as a tool rather than avoided at all costs.

1. Don’t Run Away

2. Fear is an often misunderstood feeling,
or emotion.

3. One the one hand, it's useful for
survival purposes, as it keeps us safe.

4. Way back in the old caveman days,
either fighting or flighting was both
part of the same strategy, to not get
killed or eaten.

5. One compels to avoid, one compels us
to engage.

6. If we are going to avoid, we have a
sudden burst of energy to run away.

7. If we choose to engage, we have a
burst of energy to overcome whatever
obstacle is in front of us.

8. A great modern day metaphor is public
speaking.

9. Or more generally speaking while
being at the center of public attention.

10. If you're out with your buddies or
something, and suddenly everybody's
staring at you for some reason, you
may choose the "flight" option.

11. You wouldn't actually run away, but
you'd remove yourself from the center
of attention any way you could.

12. Make a quick joke, find somebody else
to shift the attention to, etc.

13. On the other hand, you could choose
to engage.

14. Not start throwing punches, but
accept the situation, and use your
sudden burst of energy to make the
best of it.

15. Make your voice louder and more
confident.

16. Feel the energy rush through you and
consciously channel it to something
powerful and magnetic.

17. Now, this is NOT the way most people
think about "fear."

18. They think it's to be avoided at ALL
COSTS.

19. They spend their whole lives purposely
getting into situations just so they can
AVOID anything fearful or anxiety
causing.

20. But like all of our other instincts that
helped us survive in the past, this is
something we need to deal with today.

21. Take hunger, for example.

22. In the past, we ate as much as we
could whenever we could.

23. But if we tried that now, we wouldn't
be able to fit out of our front doors.

24. So most of us have to "manage" our
hunger. We are careful when we shop.

25. We avoid certain foods, knowing they
are bad for us.

26. But we also know that certain foods
are good for us.

27. And that eating is one of life's great
pleasures.

28. Sharing a special meal with a special
someone is a wonderful experience
that many of us repeat as often as we
can.

29. Fear, or that sudden pulse of energy
can be the same way.

30. Managed the same way. Used the
same way. Enjoyed the same way.

31. Accept it. Embrace it.

32. Use it as the tool it was meant to be.

33. Just don't avoid it.

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