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Don´t Let Fear or Scary People
Decide Your Future
In prison, fighting is as normal as
stupidity. After participating in and/or • Self-sabotage. They refuse to
observing a number of fights, I realized trust themselves or recognize
that the person willling to confront his
when they lack what is
fear would find a way to be triumphant. I necessary to succeed.
eventually accepted the fact that there
were no rules.
• Blame others. Most believe that
Often, we resist fear like we resist a helping hand is en route or
success. We actually fight it! A many of us God has something for them.
are afraid to be successful. We offer lip Some believe that somebody
service to the idea of deserving the best, owes them. They do not believe
but we don’t actually believe we deserve they are the “Master” of their
it or have earned it. We prefer to suffer journey.
and wait for God to give it to us.
• Procrastinate. They live by being
Fear seems to be relentless for some us
entertained by the success of
because it chases us into addictions such others. So, they postpone their
as food, sex, recreational and prescription
own dreams. Some people die
drugs and sometimes, it makes us cower with their dreams.
in defeat.
• Belittle progress. They under-
You may have learned to muscle up to
fear. It is likely that you have been told to value their progress. They waste
conquer your fears. This seemingly works time trying to get perfection.
until you make fear your enemy. The idea
is to avoid making it an enemy and learn • Seek other's approval. They live
how to embrace it so that you can learn for the opinions of person's
from it. whom seem to have success or
the answer to success.
Some of us never get to entertain our
own fears because we are nurturing the
fears of those in our presence. I have
heard some of the deepest, philosophical
shit from the heaviest people. Some of
them did not want to see me do well
because they could not see my success as
progress for themselves. They expected
their fears and selfishness to impede me.

