1624: This Simple Strategy Decreases Anxiety And Fear by Benjamin Hardy on How to Focus on An Internal Locus of Control

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🗓️ 22 May 2020

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Benjamin Hardy shares a simple strategy that decreases anxiety and fear. Episode 1624: This Simple Strategy Decreases Anxiety And Fear by Benjamin Hardy on How to Focus on An Internal Locus of Control Benjamin Hardy has been the top writer on Medium.com since late 2015. He focuses on self-improvement, motivation, and entrepreneurship. His writing is fueled by his personal experiences, self-directed education, and formal education. His research focuses on the psychological differences of "wantrepreneurs" and actual entrepreneurs. He lives in Clemson, South Carolina with his wife and they are the foster parents of 3 children. The original post is located here: https://medium.com/@benjaminhardy/this-simple-strategy-will-decrease-your-anxiety-and-fears-6d696b1c3165 Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1624. This simple strategy decreases anxiety and fear
0:06.8	by Benjamin Hardy of Benjamin Hardy.com, and I'm just a maul like your very own personal narrator.
0:12.1	I read to you from some of the best blogs in the world every day covering personal development
0:16.0	and growth, lifestyle, minimalism, and more. But I'll keep this in your short, so let's get
0:20.8	right to it and continue optimizing your life. This simple strategy decreases anxiety and fear
0:31.2	by Benjamin Hardy of Benjamin Hardy.com. The future is filled with unknowns. There's so much
0:38.5	uncertainty not only regarding personal issues but also global and political issues. This
0:44.0	uncertainty often leads to worry. Some estimate that people spend nearly six years of their lives
0:50.8	worrying about the future. Ironically, a primary regret in older people's lives was the time they
0:56.8	spend worrying, according to Cornell professor Carl Pellomer, who interviewed over 1200 elderly
1:02.4	people. Over and over Pellomer heard the same thing. I wish I hadn't spent so much of my life
1:07.7	worrying. For instance, John Alonso, aged 83 said,
1:12.1	don't believe that worrying will solve or help anything. It won't, so stop it.
1:16.9	Similarly, James Wang, aged 87, stated, quote,
1:20.8	Why, I ask myself, what possible difference did it make that I kept my mind on every little
1:25.5	thing that might go wrong? When I realized that it made no difference at all, I experienced a
1:30.8	freedom that's hard to describe. My life lesson is this. Turn yourself from frittering away the day
1:37.2	worrying about what comes next and let everything else that you love and enjoy move in and quote.
1:43.6	From the vantage point of being near death, life seems very short. Time is a precious and very
1:49.8	finite resource. The longer you live, the more you realize your time on this beautiful planet
1:55.2	is brief. The research is clear, worrying often leads to long-term health consequences,
2:00.8	including cardiovascular disease and other chronic conditions. Not surprisingly,
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