AP 545: You Don’t Need to be Fearless: How to change your relationship with fear || with Farnoosh Torabi

About Progress

Cloud10

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Unfortunately, fear cannot be avoided. But for so many of us, it can become an all consuming emotion, especially in certain circumstances. Farnoosh Torabi, a renowned expert in personal finance and author, shares her origin story about fear, and how it shaped her entire life. Now, she makes the distinction between understanding and embracing fear as a natural emotion, rather than viewing it as an enemy. Farnoosh emphasizes the need to have a constructive conversation with fear, allowing it to provide valuable insights for personal growth and decision-making. We also explore two common fears: fear of uncertainty and fear of failure, plus practical strategies to navigate through them. Ultimately, we have to learn to make room for fear and find strength in vulnerability. Finding Me Academy My FREE DSL Training My FREE habits class Full Show Notes Sticky Habit Method This episode is brought to you by Vionic Shoes (use code PROGRESS) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Monica Packer, and this is about progress, where we are about progress made practical.
0:09.4	For someone who loves words and reading, I was an English teacher, English major, love to read now. I am actually not one of those people that gets a lot from inspirational clothes. I know that's a little weird, but I find this especially relevant whenever I read a quote
0:26.1	about being fearless. I know they're just trying to inspire us to motivate us to do things, to go after our goals.
0:36.0	But when I see something like, be fearless, I think, well, that's not real. The only people I've ever known who are
0:46.8	totally fearless are toddlers who have no business being fearless. Fear is not as bad of a thing as we all think it is and
0:57.7	this is coming from someone who doesn't like to be afraid and yet still often is. If you find yourself in a holding pattern because of fear,
1:09.4	maybe you are stuck on the sidelines of trying something, of developing yourself, of reaching a goal, of having a hard
1:16.6	conversation because of fear.
1:20.2	This conversation is going to change a lot for you.
1:25.0	You will learn today how it is not only possible, but essential for us as humans
1:31.1	to learn to use fear healthily and constructively. Yes, those two things can
1:36.9	go hand and hand with fear. I am speaking with Varnus Terabi and we take on two fears in particular, fear of uncertainty and fear of failure,
1:48.8	both of which I think are very relevant to our community of recovering perfectionists.
1:54.8	Farnu Shurabi is one of America's leading personal finance experts.
1:58.8	She is the host of the award-winning podcast, so many that has earned over 30 million downloads.
2:04.8	She's a sought after speaker and author of multiple books. Her newest book is entitled
2:09.5	A Healthy State of Panic. It's a part memoir, part guidebook on how fear can be a
2:14.8	superpower for us as humans to progress and grow in ways that matter to us.
2:20.0	Farnuosha is a graduate of Penn State with a degree in finance and international business and she also holds a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
2:29.0	She lives on the East Coast with her husband and two children.
2:33.0	Make sure you stay till the end because I love that
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