Fear...
Did you ever see the movie "Defending your Life"? It's a movie by Albert Brooks. By the way, Albert Brooks real name is Albert Einstein. He changed it for reasons I don't really understand. Of course I changed my name for this website, but the reason is patently obvious.
In the movie, Defending Your Life, the premise is that when you die you go to a terminal zone. Your life is reviewed by a couple of judges. You have a lawyer defending your side of the story, and there is a prosecutor taking the opposing side. The point of the movie is that most people spend their lives half-living, because of Fear. Fear isn't always overwhelming, sometime it just keeps a person from making the right decision at various pivotal points in their life. Albert Brooks is wonderful. This is my favorite movie by Albert Brooks.
Why do I like it?
Because the movie premise hits the nail squarely on its head. Fear is what keeps people leading lives of 'quiet desperation', nothing more nothing less.
There's a lot of people who think their 'problem' isn't fear but procrastination. But the truth is procrastination is actually just a form of fear, as are arrogance and shyness. They are all different sides of the fear coin. Starting a business without doing proper feasability studies, etc. is also an indication that the 'entrepreneur' is afraid that if she doesn't start the business now, she'll never do it. Fear. The worst emotion you can experience — if it immobilizes you or pushes you to acts of recklessness.
Well, enough of that. I'm going to bed as I like to get up at 4am these days, it's so peaceful in the early morning hours.
Have a good night!
In the movie, Defending Your Life, the premise is that when you die you go to a terminal zone. Your life is reviewed by a couple of judges. You have a lawyer defending your side of the story, and there is a prosecutor taking the opposing side. The point of the movie is that most people spend their lives half-living, because of Fear. Fear isn't always overwhelming, sometime it just keeps a person from making the right decision at various pivotal points in their life. Albert Brooks is wonderful. This is my favorite movie by Albert Brooks.
Why do I like it?
Because the movie premise hits the nail squarely on its head. Fear is what keeps people leading lives of 'quiet desperation', nothing more nothing less.
Caveat: I'm talking about people living in 'first world' countries, not third-world countries where finding something to eat is a 2-3 day project. People whose karma popped them out into a poor, repressed country have entirely different issues than citizens of the USA, Canada, Australia, etc. By the way, I refuse to call 'third-world' countries 'developing nations' cause that's a liberal spin on reality.
There's a lot of people who think their 'problem' isn't fear but procrastination. But the truth is procrastination is actually just a form of fear, as are arrogance and shyness. They are all different sides of the fear coin. Starting a business without doing proper feasability studies, etc. is also an indication that the 'entrepreneur' is afraid that if she doesn't start the business now, she'll never do it. Fear. The worst emotion you can experience — if it immobilizes you or pushes you to acts of recklessness.
Well, enough of that. I'm going to bed as I like to get up at 4am these days, it's so peaceful in the early morning hours.
Have a good night!
posted by Tante Waileka at 7:50 PM
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