http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/houdini-rsquo-s-work en-us 60 <p align="center"><em>&quot;My chief task has been to conquer fear. The public sees only the thrill of the accomplished trick;</em></p><p align="center"><em>they have no conception of the tortuous preliminary self-training that was necessary to conquer fear&hellip;</em></p><p align="center"><em>no one except myself can appreciate how I have to work at this job every single day, </em></p><p align="center"><em>never letting up for a moment. I always have on my mind the thought that next year I must do something greater, something more wonderful.&quot;</em></p><p align="center">~ Harry Houdini quoted by David Blaine</p><p>Fear.</p><p>Again?</p><p>Always.</p><p>Two things I want to establish here:</p><ol> <li> <p>We need to quit thinking that people we admire don&rsquo;t have fear. They do. They just have enough courage to move <em>through </em>their fear. Which is why they&rsquo;ve done the things we admire.</p> </li></ol><ol start="2"> <li> <p>We must conquer our fear.</p> </li></ol><p>As Emerson advises: <em>&ldquo;Always, always, always, always, always, always, always do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.&rdquo;</em></p><p>[ btw: Here&rsquo;s another classic from Houdini: <em>&ldquo;The greatest escape I ever made was when I left Appleton, Wisconsin.&rdquo; </em>:) ]</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:20 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:398:398 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/398