I think that Steve's perspective on fear (at one point) was that you transcend it eventually. First, you do things you want to do whether you feel afraid or not. Over time, you see fear as a smaller and smaller obstacle, and he says that in time, it becomes a non-issue.
Here's my current view, as quoted from something I posted here a few weeks ago:
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Originally Posted by Kaspian Saying the words, "Feel the fear and do it anyway," has so little meaning as just words. It used to mean something like, "I'm somewhat afraid of this, and I don't really know why, but I'm going to do it anyway." And little changed, because that way of thinking is just a way for avoiding the internal work that needs to get done. At the moment, the phrase means, "Fully experience the fear, explore it, investigate it, find the fear underneath the fear, maybe the fear will burn itself out, but maybe not... and then do the thing anyway."
Fear is a signpost, a signal. Read the sign. The sign doesn't say: don't love, don't take the audition, don't set high goals, don't start working on those goals, etc. The sign says: look into this issue so that you can move forward with ease and power. |