OCTOBER 1st, PUBLIC SPEAKING

“According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’d rather be in the casket than up there doing the eulogy”

-Jerry Seinfeld

There can be no argument that we live in a scary time.   Fear is a funny thing, we all experience it at one point or another.   Its something that connects us all.   Every culture has their fears, their superstitions, and their nightmares.   If somehow we could unite together as a species, perhaps we could set our fears aside.   This October I’ve decided to write about a different fear every day.   Why you ask?   Fear is the product of ignorance.   Ignorance is fought with knowledge.   If I can impart even one nugget of wisdom to another person, I have fought fear.

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