Fear. Powerful word and an even more powerful emotion. There were some good posts on blogs I like to read about fear this week, particularly about recognizing its effect on our behavior and our striving for accomplishment. Although you may not be an aspiring writer, the advice bestowed by old Copyblogger here is wise. And Aaron Wall (from the world of SEO) followed up with this nice fortune cookie:

Many of my projects have went far slower than they should have, largely because I have been far too busy, but also because I have let fear, laziness, and routine guide me toward accepting the needed excuses to wait until tomorrow. Once you get beyond self sustaining it is easy to sit comfortable and make up fake work just to keep yourself busy.

I like. I think these guys are completely right. And what about these gems:

“You and your kiss ass chorus following you around going, “The Field’s Medal! The Field’s Medal!” Why are you still so fuckin’ afraid of failure?”

“What if they said “Get outta here kid, you got no future.” I just don’t think I could take that kind of rejection . . . Jesus, I’m starting to sound like my old man.”

Don’t not do things out of fear of failure. And even if you’re one of the cool guys that already does that, don’t idle because of contentment or unexplored fears of the unknown, failure, or rejection. Werd.