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The fear of poverty.
The fear of criticism.
The fear of ill health.
The fear of losing someone. The fear of old age.
The fear of death.
These are core fears. As we talked about earlier, they are learned. Depending on how we were raised or what we’ve experienced, these fears can affect us to a greater or lesser degree.
How do we combat fear? How do we push past the irrational and negative thought patterns that trigger survival mode and constrict the hope around us?
How do we live struggle free?
The good news here is, there is a way to retrain your brain. It doesn’t matter if you’re eighteen or eighty, the negative thoughts that run through your brain can be recognized, rejected and replaced.
Let’s take a look at how that’s accomplished:
Fear is connected to our lens. It has to do with how we see things, and especially, how we see ourselves. For the most part, we see situations through our own filter or according to certain expectations. We do this automatically, or without really thinking about it.
For example, let’s say five or six of us were discussing real estate investing during dinner. The deeper a few of us got into the conversation, the more you checked-out and disengaged.
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