Stepping into your power - by Kasra - Bits of Wonder
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confronting fears of success
I realized the other night that I’m terrified of my own success. I’ve surpassed my own expectations in a few ways this year. After reading a book about psychology that I loved, I emailed the author and ended up making contributions to the upcoming second edition of the same book. My blog posts now regularly get thousands of views, and hundreds of thousands of people have heard about events I host, including hundreds that have asked to join. None of these developments are unprecedented—I've observed friends attain more drastic changes of circumstance more quickly—but it's unnerving to pause…
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