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    Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain or a threat. Most high school students fear plenty of things: presentations, tests, exams, getting called out to answer a question, etc. Though the majority of these students goes on and finishes the scary four years of high school. This shows that fear is all in our minds. Fear only exists in our thoughts of the future; we essentially imagine scenarios that might not even happen. The

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    Failure Everyone in this world is different. We all have different personalities, looks, and ways of doing things, but one thing we all have in common is failure. At some point and time, in any person’s life, they have failed at a task. Regardless of how little or how small the letdown, we all have experienced it a time or two in our lives. The definition of failure is simply the lack of success, which can completely destroy a person, or motivate them to become better. Everyone has experienced failure

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    In life, there are always failures of everything. As college students, we are experiencing endless stress, anxiety and fear failure. I remembered back in my sophomore year, I enroll in this accounting 201 class for my major’s requirement. The first week of class is simple, but after the third and fourth week, it gets harder and harder. There are many business concepts and words that are new to me. It is really hard to catch up in the class, sadly I have failed the first exam. I feel so blue. After

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    Why Indecision Is Wrong

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    along with its transmission from person to person. Indecision is the fear of choosing wrong, which is taken to the extreme when someone indecisive forms this habit of indecision. This furthermore leads to failure due to procrastination and the cycle of indecision begins over again. Indecision is the procrastination of making decisions; a procrastination that is a habit formed by the self-doubt, fear of choosing wrong, or failure inhibited in an indecisive individual. Indecisions’ has not only

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    Perfection Is Impossible

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    has not failed at least a hundred times. However, the hard part is learning from that failure and growing from it. People tend to bury their failures and try to hide them almost like a time capsule, hidden inside for a long time until someone finds it again. They are afraid of someone finding that time capsule and expecting treasures and spoils, but to be disappointed to only find worthless failures. We view failure as something that is worthless and disappointing and see success as a treasure. We expect

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    courage is the ability to face our fears and lead effectively in spite of them. He also highlights four principles involving courage that Jesus used in facing fear- rousing circumstances. First, courageous leaders focus on their purpose, not their fears. “Fear is dispelled when you focus on your purpose. Jesus said, to his disciples “make God’s rule and ways your purpose and God will take care of the things you fear.145 Second, courageous leaders know that failure is the seed of success. If you will

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    Things Fall Apart

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    well personality. Striving for success throughout his entire lifetime, he had fulfilled his desire to become rich and famous, but after realizing that life was not going his way and how he planned, he committed suicide. Okonkwo’s life was driven by fear. He had a sense of worry within him that he would become like his father sooner or later. Okonkwo’s father was a lazy and irresponsible man, who only fell in debt and brought shame upon his family. Okonkwo’s father’s (Unoka) bad reputation constantly

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    fate due to the fear of failure that controls every action he makes. Though the fear of failure acts as motivation to become a successful and respected man at first, it later cripples Okonkwo in such a way that failure ultimately defines his life. Okonkwo is constantly afraid of being a victim of weakness and desperately tries to remain a strong and unyielding man. It is his overwhelming fear of weakness that causes things to fall apart in his life, as his attempts to avoid failure and weakness eventually

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    that he fears weakness and failure. Often times he also shows that he is bitter and gets angry easily. This bitterness and fear leads to some consequence such as exile and death. After several encounters with failure Okonkwo realizes his weak points and gains sympathy from that. There are ways that Okonkwo shows theses things throughout the book and evidence that makes them true. Okonkwo fears weakness and failure in many ways throughout the book. The book shows he feared weakness and failure because

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    Fear Of Fear Essay

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    Fear is the number one obstacle everyone must overcome at some point in their life. When the word fear is brought up I like to think of past situations that I experienced. There are many different methods used to conquer and learn from our fears such and exposure therapy, having a growth mindset, and thinking positive. For example, when I was younger fear was my worst enemy, School was the main reason that caused my fear. My fear of failure was my biggest obstacle growing up so I used that as a method

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