Summary: <p>Listen to episode 146 of the Inspirational Living podcast: How to Be Bold, Free & Courageous | Conquering Fear. Adapted from How to Develop Your Will Power by Clare Tree Major.</p><br> <p><strong>Inspirational Podcast Excerpt</strong>: <em>THE most destructive force in the world is FEAR. Almost all failure and almost all crime can be traced to one form or another of this most prevalent evil. Fear is the father of doubt, and doubt is the murderer of success. It shows itself in many forms, from the physical fear which is part of our animal inheritance, to the more subtle and dangerous forms which attack our mental life and sap our strength at its very foundation. </em></p><br> <p><em>Mental fear is more treacherous because it often clothes itself in fair disguises. As prudence, or caution, or the normal instinct of self-preservation, it masquerades so successfully that one often deceives oneself. Prudence and caution and the instinct for self-preservation are necessary and useful if they are inspired by reason, and not by fear — for fear cripples and destroys, it does not help. </em></p><br> <p><em>Fear has absolutely no place in human life and development. It is an entirely extraneous and harmful emotion. It is born of an exaggeration (by the imagination) of the power of other things or conditions, until we believe it to be superior to our power. It is an entirely false and misleading attitude of mind. At the moment of crisis, when our need is the greatest, it betrays us to the very danger we fear by robbing us of the very qualities of mind which we need to overcome it. </em></p><br> <p><em>Fear destroys mental balance. Under the influence of fear, you cannot perceive clearly, imagine truly, reason logically, nor act usefully. The only thing in the world worth fearing is FEAR.</em></p><br> <p><strong>Related Inspirational Podcasts:</strong></p><br> <p><a title="How to Be a Success in Life" href="http://podcast.livinghour.org/e/the-courage-to-be-successful/">The Courage to Be Successful</a></p><br> <p><a title="Courage, Virtue & Self-Esteem" href="http://podcast.livinghour.org/e/the-inward-life-courage-virtue-self-esteem/">The Inward Life</a></p>
