How to Be an Expert Fear-Driven Person - by Sasha Chapin
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a guide for the confused
It recently became clear to me that I’m a fear-driven person. I constantly avoid things I’m afraid of doing. If I have some project that could go in a variety of directions, I often steer it in a less scary direction—like, I make it less ambitious, or less risky. Though many of my decisions—like writing things that some other people would call brave or vulnerable—are superficially bold, they’re not that bold to me, I am just configured strangely. There are much bolder things that I’m not making, all the time. Also, for vague reasons, I am often afraid of talking to people, even people I…
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