Fear is normal! I like how M. Scott Peck puts it:

“The absence of fear is not courage. The absence of fear is some kind of brain damage.”

If you don’t care about excellence or world-changing or living life on the edge, you don’t need to worry about facing down your fears. In fact, you never need to pay attention to them at all. It is quite conventional to give in to fear and always wonder if something could have been different way back when.

For the rest of us, giving in is also known as giving up. If you do care about a full life, you must do whatever it takes to overcome your fear. Raise the stakes! Don’t give in. It’s worth it.

But let’s be clear: fearless? I don’t think so. Not for me, anyway.

And you?