This is Steven Robbins. Welcome to the get it done guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Oh, we all have things that we'd like to accomplish in our lives, but some things are so scary that we just don't do them.

Whether it's asking that special someone to the high school dance or jumping on the karaoke stage during the office holiday party

or actually singing once you're on the karaoke stage, sometimes we just can't force our bodies

to do the darn thing. Why? Because we know we don't want to. Kidding. Actually, we're terrified

of failure, but we're not going to let anyone know about that. I'm sure that you, dear listeners,

aren't afraid of anything. So today's tip is just for you to pass on to your friends who might

have fears that they need to get over. To make yourself, I mean to make themselves, do the things

that you're, I mean, they're most afraid of. Start collecting failures. Collecting failures is easy. Some people

are really good at it, but we're going to do it methodically. First, choose a goal that you've

had for a long time, but you've been avoiding due to fear. Thomas, Europa's teenage cybernetic

son is discovering that coming to grips with his cybernetic side isn't easy.

He's in the denial stage, throwing himself into his human side as hard as he can.

And what could be more human than pursuing his lifelong dream of being a stand-up comedian?

Thomas is terrified. He's sure he isn't funny enough to entertain people.

Yes, his mother-slash- slash creator may be the secret overlord

of the Eastern Bloc, but that just makes it harder because there any form of humor is considered

a political thought crime. Thomas is going for his goal, but when fear rears its ugly

slobbering head, going for the goal won't work. Instead, go for failure explicitly. Thomas's new goal,

to get booed off every stage in the Eastern block. So he signs up for every open mic night he can,

because if he can perform and fail with gusto in front of dozens of audiences who have no sense

of humor, then he wins. Either he meets his goal to collect booze, or he meets his

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