Fearfulness

There has been innumerable books and articles written about fear.
I will say that for those who focus on the current state of the world we live in, and let the media and news agencies set the tone of their lives, fear will probably be their constant companion.
We can't live in denial of what is going on around us, but being consumed by it is a slow death.
Each day has plenty of situations a person can react to or respond to; some are trivial, others are dangerous, yet others will make us better at what ever we do.

Reacting often means a "knee jerk" reaction (aside from what Tony Blauer refers to as "organic fear" which can be useful), many reactions can expand rapidly into panic.
This is prevalent with emotions, since they can get out of control fast.
Responding, on the other hand, can help us to do more than we ever thought we were able to do.

So when it comes to training, and we are faced with something tougher than we've ever done before, we can react with intimidation and doubt or we can respond with a willingness to take the calculated risk to learn and improve.

When I watched Scott Weech do this heavy yoke walk I didn't think, "I could never do that."l
Neither did the others, almost half of whom were women.

Everyone gave it their best try with a weight heavier that they thought they could work with previously. The smallest person there was 108lbs, who had spinal surgery earlier in her life and spent a year in a body cast. She refusede to be engulfed in fearfulness.

Whatever types of fear a person might face

* fear of possible injury
* fear of failure
* fear of "looking bad"

it can probably be overcome, and they can break through towards excellence.

Rather than avoiding what will test us, seek out something that is a good challenge and take it on. If we look at our weak spots honestly, that will be simple to find.