Only I Will Remain
Reblogged from “The Monster In Your Head” - by @jerrycolonna :
“Waking up to the craziness of the markets, to the burning of London, to the insanity of conflating debt with deficit, it helps to remember this bit of wisdom from the Bene Gesserit (and that other Child of Dune, Brad Feld):
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.”
Awesome post by @jerrycolonna. The past few weeks/months for me have been about, if nothing else, facing my fears.
I’ll never forget the convo I had with Jerry at Techstars, when he asked me, “Joe, what happens if tomorrow your company goes under, and it’s all over?” My answer/realization, “Nothing, I just move on to the next thing, I’ll be fine.” His response, “See? Nothing to worry about.”
I’ve taken that thought into literally everything I’ve done recently.
“What happens if I don’t get a return email?”
“What happens if I’m wrong?”
“What happens if I fail?”
Nothing… I’ll be fine… On to the next thing.
