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The Playbook With David Meltzer

How To Deal With Fear

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Hey podcast listeners! Today's episode is a response to the question "how do you deal with the fear of the unknown?" Don't forget to text me 949-298-2905 to be the first know when I'm in your city hosting open session Q&A meetups. Timestamps: [1:44] - Look for the positive perspective in everything [6:26] - Why I was afraid to ask for help

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0:00.0

The reason I do spiritual things, different things, is for two reasons.

0:03.3

One, I look to see what risk there is in doing it.

0:07.8

So, you know, my classic example is if you studied like Aztec culture

0:11.8

in order to become an enlightened being you actually

0:14.7

decapitation takes you to the higher state well the risk in that is a little too

0:21.5

high for me so I'm not that spiritual.

0:23.4

This is entrepreneurs the playbook.

0:25.4

Ego is the fear of loss.

0:28.0

Like just in general, what's our truly greatest fear is the end.

0:34.6

Because no matter what you think,

0:36.6

and you can live your life and how I deal with my greatest fear,

0:39.7

the end is the same way I deal with perspective.

0:43.2

Like for me, instant switches of being thankful for everything

0:47.7

is much, just a better choice than the alternative.

0:50.8

Saying I get to do something instead of I have to do it is a simple choice.

0:55.0

The end. My perspective the simple choice is there is no end.

1:02.0

Right I will the simple choice is, there is no end.

1:03.7

Right, I will continue on.

1:05.9

Because the minute I take the other perspective,

1:08.2

even though it may be true, I can't prove it.

1:11.4

Like I just don't like that in my perspective kind of bums me out that you know if my

1:16.6

heart stops that's the end of me that's a great fear right it would change the fear would get greater and greater the older I get and the more

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