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https://quotepark.com/quotes/1785100-john-hodgman-so-long-as-you-refuse-to-ever-acknowledge-failure/

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Attribution debunked in Langworth's Churchill by Himself. The earliest close match located by the Quote Investigator is from the 1953 book How to Say a Few Words by David Guy Powers.
Misattributed
Variant: Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
Source: 1953, How to Say a Few Words by David Guy Powers, Quote p. 109, Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York. Referenced by Quote Investigator http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/06/28/success

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So long as you refuse to ever acknowledge failure, success...

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Attribution debunked in Langworth's Churchill by Himself. The earliest close match located by the Quote Investigator is from the 1953 book How to Say a Few Words by David Guy Powers. Misattributed Variant: Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/mary_mcdirmid_the_power_of_being_brave

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Mary McDirmid explains what its like to raise a child with a rare, complicated disease. Speaking through both tears and smiles, she gently invites us to consider her daily struggles and joys. As she describes the unending doctor visits, questions about the future, and her reflections on her own fragility, Mary makes the case for being brave.

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https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/Fighting-your-fears

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Fear is a natural human emotion, and it is something that everyone experiences in their lifetime. What matters most is how you fight your fears, and whether you let them affect your life.

You may not call your feeling 'fear'. You might call it stress, worry or panic, but often, when we use these words, we are talking about the same emotion.

When you feel fear, you can experience three types of symptoms:

1. Unhelpful thoughts, such as thinking everyone in the room is having critical thoughts about you, or that something bad will happen.

2. Physical symptoms, such as a rapid heartbeat, faster breathing, sweating and higher blood pressure (your body's 'fight or flight' response).

3. Changes in your behaviour, ranging from simple things such as avoiding a fun activity, to more serious issues like being afraid to leave your home.

The good news is there are lots of ways to help manage your fears. And lots of places to find help. Let's start by exploring the differences between healthy and unhealthy fears.

The difference between healthy and unhealthy fears

Fear is programmed into your nervous system, and it works, instinctively, from when you are a baby. It gives you the survival instincts you need to keep yourself safe when you feel like you are in danger.

Some fears are healthy. If you see a poisonous snake in your back yard, and your fear prompts you to run back into the house and close the door, that is a healthy fear. The feeling of fear is natural and helps keep you safe.

But other fears are unhealthy and unnecessary. Sometimes, your fear makes you more cautious than you really need to be. For example, the fear of meeting new people. It may be intimidating, but meeting new people does not pose any real threat to your safety. This fear is unhealthy because it stops you doing things you might otherwise enjoy.

Fear, anxiety or phobia?

Feelings of fear, worry or stress can be upsetting, but they usually pass when the cause of your stress is gone. You won't need too much help fighting your fears here, because they don't last long.

Anxiety is a more serious condition. It is common to be anxious in a high pressure situation; for example, before you make a speech or sit an exam. You might also experience anxiety after a stressful event, such as an accident.

An anxiety disorder is different, because those anxious feelings are there even when there is no obvious cause.

If you experience feelings of anxiety that are severe or happen often, or if they affect your day-to-day life, you could talk to your GP. You might have an anxiety disorder. Many people suffer from anxiety for years before seeking help, but your GP can discuss a variety of treatment options with you if you've had these feelings for a month or more.

A phobia is an irrational fear of a certain object or situation. Someone with a phobia can experience intense anxiety when they are exposed to this particular object or situation - or sometimes if they just think about it.

Common phobias include:

flying

leaving familiar environments

enclosed spaces

spiders and other animals

injections.

Managing your fears, anxiety and phobias

There are several ways you can try to fight your fears. If you have mild symptoms, your GP might suggest you try changing your lifestyle first. Simple changes, like , can reduce your stress levels. So can eating healthy meals, getting enough sleep, and reducing or avoiding stimulants like caffeine and alcohol.

If your symptoms are more serious, your GP may suggest seeing a therapist for treatment such as . CBT is a type of psychological therapy that can help you to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours that contribute to your anxiety.

CBT involves working with a therapist to look at your patterns of thinking (cognition) and acting (behaviour) that are making you more likely to have problems with anxiety, or are keeping you from improving once you feel anxious.

When you recognise those patterns, you can make changes to replace unhelpful patterns with new ones that help reduce your anxiety and help you to cope. CBT is a common treatment for .

Strategies you might employ with your therapist as part of CBT include:

problem solving

exposure therapy (learning to fight your fear of something by understanding it and gradually being exposed to it, in a safe environment)

cognitive restructuring (learning to recognise your negative thoughts, dispute them, and think of more helpful ways to respond to a situation)

mindfulness (focusing on the present moment - acknowledging and accepting your thoughts, feelings, and the physical sensations of your body, without labelling them as good or bad)

relaxation.

E-therapies (also known as online therapies or computer-aided psychological therapy) can be an effective option for people with mild to moderate anxiety. Most e-therapies follow the same principles as CBT or behaviour therapy. They teach you how to identify and change patterns of thinking and behaviour that contribute to anxiety or stop you from overcoming your anxiety.

You can work through an e-therapy program yourself, although many provide some kind of support - via the telephone, email, text or instant messaging. E-therapies are easy to access and can be done from home. And you don't have to visit a doctor first. The Australian Government's mindhealthconnect website has a library of online programs.These strategies are useful if you have a specific fear or phobia too.

You can also use , where you learn to fight a fear by giving yourself the chance to learn about, and gradually get used to, whatever it is that you are afraid of.

Some people find it useful to develop a fear ladder - identify your fear, set a goal and then work out the incremental steps to achieve it. For example, if you are afraid of flying, your fear ladder could look like this:

1. Look at photographs of aeroplanes.

2. Watch videos of aeroplanes.

3. Visit the airport with your partner or a friend.

4. Visit the airport by yourself.

5. Sit in a plane simulator with your partner or a friend.

6. Sit in a plane simulator by yourself.

7. Take part in a simulated plane trip with your partner or a friend.

8. Take part in a simulated plane trip on your own.

9. Take a short flight with your partner or a friend.

10. Take a short flight on your own.

Whatever your fear, anxiety or phobia, there is always help at hand. Your GP can help you get started on a treatment plan to fight your fears.

Where to get help

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Fighting your fears - Better Health Channel

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https://www.smc.edu/administration/human-resources/documents/EASE/Learning-From-Fear.pdf

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https://quotepark.com/quotes/874089-katherine-mansfield-to-acknowledge-the-presence-of-fear-is-to-give-bir/

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Source: My Life and Work (1922), pp. 19-20. Quoted in Samuel Crowther, "Henry Ford's Problem," The Magazine of Business, vol. 52 (1927), p. 182
Source: My Life And Work
Context: Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again. There is no disgrace in honest failure; there is disgrace in fearing to fail.

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Source: My Life and Work (1922), pp. 19-20. Quoted in Samuel Crowther, "Henry Ford's Problem," The Magazine of Business, vol. 52 (1927), p. 182 Source: My Life And Work Context: Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again. There is no disgrace in honest failure; there is disgrace in fearing to fail.

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https://quotepark.com/quotes/800433-derek-landy-bravery-is-the-acknowledgment-and-the-conquering-o/

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Bravery is the acknowledgment and the conquering of fear.

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„Bravery is the acknowledgment and the conquering of fear.“ - Derek Landy

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0987705303000091

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Abstract

Fear can be conceived as a functional defense behavior system representing a part of the innate species-specific behavioral repertoire (ethogram), basic to the survival of individuals and species. Its function is to protect living beings against dangerous, threatening and aversive situations. A distinction is made between anticipatory defense behaviors released by potential dangers and those elicited by effective dangers, especially predators. The neural mechanisms serving the defense system constitute a hierarchical network with the amygdala as point of convergence of the various threatening stimuli. The central nucleus of the amygdala projects to the midbrain periaqueductal gray (PAG), the hypothalamus and the brainstem which coordinate various defensive responses such as flight, defensive fight, freezing, avoidance reactions, submissive postures, tonic immobilization, hypoalgesia and autonomic arousal. These circuits may be activated either by unconditioned or conditioned stimuli.

Résumé

La peur peut être conçue comme un système comportemental fonctionnel de défense appartenant au répertoire (éthogramme) des comportements propres à une espèce, impliqués dans la survie des individus et de leur espèce. La fonction de ce système est de protéger les êtres vivants contre les situations dangereuses, menaçantes et aversives. On peut distinguer les comportements anticipatoires, déclenchés par des dangers potentiels, et ceux suscités par des dangers effectifs, en particulier les prédateurs. Les mécanismes neuronaux qui sous-tendent le système de défense sont constitués par un réseau hiérarchisé dont l'amygdale représente le lieu de convergence des divers stimuli de menace. Le noyau central de l'amygdale projette des fibres en direction de la substance grise périaqueducale, de l'hypothalamus et du tronc cérébral qui servent de coordinateurs à de multiples réponses de défense telles que la fuite, la riposte, l'évitement, l'immobilisation, l'immobilité tonique, la soumission, l'hypoalgésie et l'activation neurovégétative. Ces circuits peuvent être activés par des stimuli inconditionnés ou conditionnés.

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The defense system of fear: behavior and neurocircuitry

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Fear can be conceived as a functional defense behavior system representing a part of the innate species-specific behavioral repertoire (ethogram), basic to the survival of individuals and species. Its function is to protect living beings against dangerous, threatening and aversive situations.

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Each of us has felt afraid, and we can all recognize fear in many animal species. Yet there is no consensus in the scientific study of fear. Some argue that 'fear' is a psychological construct rather than something discoverable through scientific investigation. Others argue that the term 'fear' cannot properly be applied to animals because we cannot know whether they feel afraid. Studies in rodents show that there are highly specific brain circuits for fear, whereas findings from human neuroimaging seem to make the opposite claim. Here, I review the field and urge three approaches that could reconcile the debates. For one, we need a broadly comparative approach that would identify core components of fear conserved across phylogeny. This also pushes us towards the second point of emphasis: an ecological theory of fear that is essentially functional. Finally, we should aim even to incorporate the conscious experience of being afraid, reinvigorating the study of feelings across species.

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Each of us has felt afraid, and we can all recognize fear in many animal species. Yet there is no consensus in the scientific study of fear. Some argue that 'fear' is a psychological construct rather than something discoverable through scientific investigation.

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006322398002820

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Abstract

In recent years, there has been an explosion of interest in the neural basis of emotion. Much of this enthusiasm has been triggered by studies of the amygdala and its contribution to fear. This work has shown that the amygdala detects and organizes responses to natural dangers (like predators) and learns about novel threats and the stimuli that predict their occurrence. The latter process has been studied extensively using a procedure called classical fear conditioning. This article surveys the progress that has been made in understanding the neural basis of fear and its implications for anxiety disorders, as well as the gaps in our knowledge.

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Fear and the brain: where have we been, and where are we going?

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In recent years, there has been an explosion of interest in the neural basis of emotion. Much of this enthusiasm has been triggered by studies of the amygdala and its contribution to fear. This work has shown that the amygdala detects and organizes responses to natural dangers (like predators) and learns about novel threats and the stimuli that predict their occurrence.

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https://quotepark.com/quotes/875926-joseph-campbell-the-cave-you-fear-to-enter-holds-the-treasure-you/

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Fernbank, London, England October, 1971
1970s
Variant: If you want external happiness, it can be an elusive desire. Internal happiness needs only to be revealed. It is not elusive because it is within you. It is your treasure. If you take someone else's treasure, it is stealing, but if you turn to your own, it is not. Happiness is your own treasure because it lies within you.

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The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.

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Fernbank, London, England October, 1971 1970s Variant: If you want external happiness, it can be an elusive desire. Internal happiness needs only to be revealed. It is not elusive because it is within you. It is your treasure. If you take someone else's treasure, it is stealing, but if you turn to your own, it is not.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/trevor_ragan_how_to_overcome_fear

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Trevor Ragan: How to ‘overcome’ fear | TED Talk

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Fear can be helpful when we’re in danger but sometimes it gets in the way of learning opportunities. Trevor Ragan digs into fear - outlining what it is, where it comes from, and (most importantly) how we can work to put it in it’s place. Trevor Ragan is the founder of Trainugly.com, a free education…

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Karen Thompson Walker: What fear can teach us

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Imagine you're a shipwrecked sailor adrift in the enormous Pacific. You can choose one of three directions and save yourself and your shipmates -- but each choice comes with a fearful consequence too. How do you choose?