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She may fire me.

So what? (If your catastrophic expectation comes true, what’s the
worst that will happen? Get to your bottom-line fear, which will
always have something to do with severe pain, abandonment, or

death.)

My life will fall apart. I’ll lose everything. My family and I will
starve.

What now? (The options are infinite.)

Might as well shoot myself.

I think I’ll quit before they fire me.

I’ll check out my assumption with my supervisor and ask how she’s
feeling about me and my job performance.

I’m going to make damn sure I perform my job well.

Throughout this book I’ve included several interactive exercises that
will help you get a handle on some of your ideas and habits regarding your
emotions, and on some of your gremlin’s wily ways. Everybody has a

gremlin to tame, but the particular activity that follows isn’t everyone’s cup
of tea. If you decide to give it a go, do so at a time when you are willing to
dive into the experience wholeheartedly. You’ll get a great deal out of it. If
you would rather do the activity later, or not at all, that is just fine—and you
will still learn to tame your gremlin.

THE EXPERIENTIAL ACTIVITY THAT ISN’T EVERYONE’S CUP
OF TEA

I’ve guided thousands of people through the following experiential activity

(and many more). I can say unabashedly that most participants have
benefited tremendously. But I was always there guiding them when they did
the activity (usually in a private session or a workshop). Or they were