Short YouTube-style transcript (Brian Johnson, Optimize +1) reflecting on Marie Forleo’s book Everything is Figureoutable. Johnson reframes fear as a universal, actionable signal to be used as a catalyst for action (Face Everything And Rise), emphasizing that waiting to stop feeling afraid prevents progress and that feelings often follow behavior.
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Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another Optimize plus one. Continuing our exploration of Marie Forleo's four Letter wisdom, let's take another moment to mine some gems from her astonishingly good book, Everything is Figureoutable. In our last plus one, we crossed out the I can'ts in our lives and replaced them with a more honest I won't. Today we're going to upgrade our interpretations of another four letter word, fear. Marie tells us that I quote, fear is not the enemy. Waiting to stop feeling afraid is. That is a powerful statement. Why? Well, as Marie says, I quote again, fear is one of the most misunderstood F words left unexamined. It's a dream killer, a soul squelcher, the grand master of mediocrity. If this were Family Feud and Steve Harvey asked what stops us humans from achieving our highest potential, Survey says fear would take the top spot. Guess what she says. Everyone feels afraid. Every top artist, athlete, writer, performer, parent, business person, social activist, entrepreneur, scientist and military leader. Newbies to icons, every person you know and admire. They all experience fear on a regular basis. You're not broken or weak. If you're afraid, you're human. Of course, we're constantly talking about ways to alchemize fear and use its latent power constructively. I think the first and most important thing to really get and remind ourselves of as often as necessary is is the fact that we all experience fear, especially those of us committed to doing what we're here to do. So today's plus one Marie's all about using fear as a catalyst to taking action, reminding us that our feelings often follow our behavior. As she says, I quote, you might have heard that fear is the acronym for false evidence. Appearing real. She says, I prefer the more actionable version. Face Everything and rise. There we go. Fear All Caps F E A R. Face Everything and Rise. Let's upgrade fear to fear today. +1 +1 +1PS Remember, fear is not the enemy. Waiting to stop feeling afraid is.
