Harvey Mackay: How to stop the fear of success from holding you
back   Legend has it that one day a man was walking in the
desert when he met Fear and Plague. They said they were on the
way to a city to kill 10,000 people. The man asked Plague if he
was going to do all the work.  Plague smiled and said, “No, I’ll
take care of only a few hundred. I’ll let my friend Fear do the
rest.”  Can you actually die from fear? Most likely not. What
fear kills is your spirit, your ambition, your confidence.
Several years ago I wrote a column about "The Second Ten
Commandments." Commandment No. 2 stated: Thou shall not be
fearful, for most of the things we fear never come to pass.
Every crisis we face is multiplied when we act out of fear. Fear
is a self-fulfilling emotion. When you fear something, you
empower it. If you refuse to concede to fear, there is nothing
to fear.  SEE ALSO: Alexander the Great's 3 deathbed wishes
still resonate today  Success usually depends on overcoming your
fears: Fear of taking a risk, fear