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E103 - Pippa Grange: How to Fear Less

The High Performance Podcast

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The Importance of Fear in Success

In Whiplash, there's a scene where the student is drumming. The way that the music instructor responds to the student who's drumming is the antithesis of good coaching around making it possible for somebody to win. And so the only thing that person has to hang on to then is fear to get through. This leads to some of the success myths that we have that fear is necessary to motivate. Fear is a lazy way to motivate.Fear is a short-term way to motivate because you're walking around with the terror of doing it next time.

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