The Fear Paradox: Why I Know This Influencer is Wrong (do this instead)

“Our greatest fears are the greatest waste of time.”

Jen Sincero

The quote above is a snappy soundbite.

It’s delicious and inspiring.

However, as with many quotes, it lacks context — so on its surface, I wholeheartedly disagree.

Quotes are both awesome and and tricky.

We receive a dopamine shot when we read them, and as such, buy them on their superficial level because our body rewards us with a pleasure hormone.

The process makes the quote “stick” and misses a much larger opportunity for growth available to us.

Our greatest fears are our greatest sources of information, guidance, and expansion.

To give no time to our fears is to miss the most significant opportunity to expand our lives.

How we invest our time and engage our fears is what matters.

Waste of time:

• Making up stories about our fears.
• Rumination of what “MAY” happen.
• Fear of what others will think or say.