A short motivational monologue by T. Harv Eker explaining that fear is overcome not by waiting but by acting despite it, and most importantly by acquiring knowledge. Eker connects knowledge to self-trust and confidence (Latin: confidera) and repeats the core claim: more knowledge → less fear.
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If you want to overcome fear, there's one way to do it. You can't wait for it to dissipate. It doesn't go away. You act in spite of fear? Yes or. Yes. Now, how do you overcome fear? How do you overcome that? With knowledge. You see, when you know what you're doing, you have confidence. Confidence. The Latin word for confidence is confidera, which means what? To trust. Trust in who? Trust in yourself. In who? Yourself. Very good. Everybody yourself. Write that down. Trust myself. Trust myself. Everybody. Write that down. Trust myself. And you get that confidence from what? Knowledge. The more critical, strong knowledge you have about what you're going to do and the arena you're in, the more confidence you have, the better and stronger actions you take. It's very simple. The more knowledge you have, the less fear you have. I'm going to say it again. The more knowledge you have, the less fear you have.