The parasite called FEAR

mASF Forum - guest: "I'm a firm believer in the fact that fear, best described by Miguel Ruiz as a parasite with a thousand heads, is the wall that separates the place where we stand today with the place where we want to stand tomorrow. This analogy is by no means exclusive to seduction and applies to absolutely every area of life. I habitually analyze all successes and failures of myself and those around me, and to this day i've been unable to find a failure, the cause of which couldn't be traced back to fear.

Allow me to illustrate. Meet John. Today, John is dead. He died yesterday, poor and lonely. Why? Because John lived his life in fear. As a child, John was afraid of leaving his mother's side. At the playground, other children would run around and explore, yet John would stay as close as her as possible. When introduced to other children, John would hide behind her back until they ran off to play without him. Because of fear, John had a hard time socializing.

In elementary, John was often bullied and beaten by bigger kids. He was afraid to stand up for himself. He figured getting beat up would hurt less if he didn't fight back. Because of fear, John's elementary school experience often resembled a nightmare. He eventually came to associate socializing and going to school with fear and pain. For this reason, he constantly skipped class when he was in high school. Because of fear, John failed school and never graduated.

He went on to work at a factory for minimum wage. He never asked for more money for fear of being rejected, so he got paid less than everyone else. An old high school friend, who went on to become a millionaire investor, once offered John an opportunity to invest some of his money and secure his future. John was afraid of losing whatever little money he had and refused. His friend took the calculated risk and bec"