Fear is all about perspective

December 14, 2010 by 4 Comments
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The Fear.

It’s all about perspective.

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I get off the bus at 17th and Market every morning and walk by the Comcast tower.

One morning I looked up at the Comcast Tower and noticed someone was washing the windows, thousands of feet off of the ground.
Window Washers at the Comcast Center

I saw a few police officers sitting on their bikes in front of the Comcast tower.  I walked up to one of the officers and asked if he would be scared to be a window washer on the Comcast Tower?  He said: “there’s no way you could get me up there.”

I bet if I asked the Window washer, thousands of feet off of the ground, if he would be a police officer, putting himself in danger, literally risking his life to protect others, he’d be happy to continue washing windows thousands of feet off of the ground.

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We all make choices, many of them made out of fear: fear of failure, fear of success, fear of pain.  But for everything that we are scared of, someone else will embrace it.  It puts so much into perspective when you can look at your fear, acknowledge that it exists and proceed in spite of it.

Doing something extraordinary rarely results from avoiding the fear, it almost always is the result of confronting the fear.

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The Fear.

It’s all about perspective.


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About Jeff Gibbard

Jeff Gibbard is the lead blogger and editor of Social Media Philanthropy and the President of True Voice Media, the Philadelphia Social Business Agency.

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  • http://twitter.com/Kash_Shaikh Kash Shaikh

    Hey Jeff – this is the first time i’ve checked out your blog, but i’ll be back… interestingly, i wrote a similar post about ‘fear’ and the central role it plays in holding us back… fear is the root cause of many of the decisions we make and dont make, and the chances we take and dont take…

    When you peel away all the layers, and look deep into yourself, you realize it’s fear and insecurities that hold you captive. We’re often scared of failure and rejection, so we choose the easy way out at the cost of our dreams.

    Thanks for the post.
    Kash
    http://besomebodyblog.com

  • http://www.socialmediaphilanthropy.com Jeff Gibbard

    THIS is what it’s all about! Thank you for commenting on my post because as a result I took a look at your blog. While you don’t have very much content yet, what you do have is well stated and enjoyable to read. I’m really glad that this post resonated with you.

    I’ll be sure to watch your blog as it develops.

  • http://twitter.com/Kash_Shaikh Kash Shaikh

    Thanks MUCH Jeff… I’m just starting out (‘launched’ last week :) , and loving learning from you and other great bloggers out there… thanks for the support and will talk soon!

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