Turning Fear Into Fuel: Jonathan Fields at TEDxCMU 2010

How to turn fear from a source of anxiety and paralysis into fuel for action and achievement.

Jonathan Fields is a former private equity attorney turned lifestyle-entrepreneur, blogger, marketer, speaker and author of Career Renegade: How to Make a Great Living Doing What You Love(Broadway 2009). He writes about the crossroads between family, passion, entrepreneurship, social media and marketing at JonathanFields. com and has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and hundreds of magazines, radio shows and websites. And, BusinessWeek named him one of the 20 people entrepreneurs need to follow on twitter (@jonathanfields). When not writing, speaking or building something, you can usually find him dancing around his living room with his wife and daughter.

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[BannedHumor]

Fear is temporary.  Regret is forever.

[GreenEcheveria]

I've lived through these same things he's talking about, I still am, I'm still conquering those fears. Being on the other side of them, actually finding that you do survive anything, is a feeling that is entirely inexpressible. Like flying.

What I would like to point out, which I've found to blow my mind with the realization of, is that there's this paradox.

If we do nothing, we stay idle, but we go backwards regardless.

If we try, failure or success, we go forward regardless.

[John Carpenter]

China, Russia, and Iran have entered into a tri-lateral agreement to control oil flow to Europe. Iran is now supported by both in its hegemonic ambitions to control the the Straights of Hormuz which could threaten world oil supplies. Russia has insulated itself into the Georgia again and China has warned the U.S. to stay out of its conflict with Japan. Yes. Another country would attempt to create an empire. Would you feel secure if that country was China or Russia? It wouldn't be India.

[Azzataky]

If there wouldnt be USA, sure, there would be another imperialistic country, another empire trying to spread. Like always. China might not rule the Pacific rim and Russia might not control Europe. You can't say what would happen if something would be different in the past. Also people emigrate to many other countries to try theirs luck. Also ppl from US go to India etc. And so you know, other countries have freedom too. Even better than USA. Just saying. Truth tho US citizens have great spirit.

[DigitalLoveOfficial]

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[ushmo10]

this is all ambiguous, avoidance of regret may lead to drawbacks and you can't really regret when you realise we don't have free-will and that everything is based on causality

[John Carpenter]

Not awesome? Seventy-five people + were dying each day from a tyran'ts hand. That's not "awesome". It's diabolical. A leader gassing 100,000 of his own people? Second, were it not for the U.S's military might, China would be rule the Pacific rim and Russia would control most of central and western Europe. Third, capitalism is here to stay. Thousands emigrate to the US. each day to accomplish their dreams, experience freedom, and the U.S. is still the most charitable nation on earth.

[Azzataky]

Oh I'm not saying it was awesome before. Just saying that USA is not helping that much. Capitalism needs to conquer otherwise its going to die, we can see it slowly dying today because it has hard time to spread. USA is the most military country in the world, yet they say we want to give you democracy, so we bomb your country to nothin. After that they go there, build everything up again. Why? Well, good money from that, right. And btw, I think Americans are awesome, just your politicians sux.

[John Carpenter]

Do you realize that according to a study at Stanford and The Documental Centre for Human Rights in Iraq over 600,000 civilian executions in Iraq and 500,000 Iraqis died in the war with Iran. Thats's more than 75 a day. Are you suggesting Americans are killing that man each day since the war ended?

You are similarly unaware that a U.N. report attributed 76% pf civilian deaths in Afghanistan to the Taliban.

Nice try with the anti-American propaganda.

[liselite]

..just think of how many 'memorial' days the surviving citizens of Baghdad have to live with

[myangel521]

Blackhawk: FEAR= False Evidence Appearing Real

[doyouknowmeidont]

"fear is not always cowardice. Its a defense mechanism to protect something precious. Life"