The Flinch

Best-selling author Jack Canfield once said, “Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” And he’s right. But I’m going to take it one step further. Pain, discomfort, shock, boredom, impostor syndrome, awkwardness, fear, being wrong, failing, ignorance, looking stupid: Your avoidance of these feelings is stopping you from a life greater than

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First: to get the ego to back off, you have to shove against its comfort zones. So, pick stuff it doesn’t like. If, say, public speaking terrifies you, agree to give a speech. If heights bother you, go parachuting. If the dark bothers you, walk in the forest at night like I did. Each week, devise one thing that you will use to challenge yourself—to

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