Comments on: Fear-Setting, Tim Ferris Style http://www.blog.neverthesamerivertwice.com/2008/02/04/fear-setting-tim-ferris-style/ Tools for Personal and Organizational Change Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:25:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Maria Gajewski http://www.blog.neverthesamerivertwice.com/2008/02/04/fear-setting-tim-ferris-style/comment-page-1/#comment-4952 Maria Gajewski Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:13:10 +0000 http://www.blog.neverthesamerivertwice.com/2008/02/04/fear-setting-tim-ferris-style/#comment-4952 @Corinne: Haha! Great feedback. I've had plenty of 3 AM moments myself, but it's amazing how none of the things we imagine seem nearly as scary in daylight. @David: Got your tag and am working on a response. It is possible to create some very dark scenarios, but at a certain point (at least in my experience) they can become SO bleak that they're comical. That's what this exercise is partially about. However, if you are prone to anxiety and catastrophising it may not be a good solution for you. @Corinne: Haha! Great feedback. I’ve had plenty of 3 AM moments myself, but it’s amazing how none of the things we imagine seem nearly as scary in daylight.

@David: Got your tag and am working on a response. It is possible to create some very dark scenarios, but at a certain point (at least in my experience) they can become SO bleak that they’re comical. That’s what this exercise is partially about. However, if you are prone to anxiety and catastrophising it may not be a good solution for you.

]]> By: Corinne Edwards http://www.blog.neverthesamerivertwice.com/2008/02/04/fear-setting-tim-ferris-style/comment-page-1/#comment-4916 Corinne Edwards Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:17:41 +0000 http://www.blog.neverthesamerivertwice.com/2008/02/04/fear-setting-tim-ferris-style/#comment-4916 This is a great article. Feels like the scenarios I go through when I can't sleep and it is 3 AM! In the morning, I seem to recover. My mother used to say that "90% of the things that we worry about never happen. Other things happen. So, since we don't know about those other scenarions, there is no point in worrying. I say, take the sailing trip unless you have six hungry children to feed back home! This is a great article. Feels like the scenarios I go through when I can’t sleep and it is 3 AM!

In the morning, I seem to recover.

My mother used to say that “90% of the things that we worry about never happen. Other things happen.

So, since we don’t know about those other scenarions, there is no point in worrying.

I say, take the sailing trip unless you have six hungry children to feed back home!

]]> By: David Rogers http://www.blog.neverthesamerivertwice.com/2008/02/04/fear-setting-tim-ferris-style/comment-page-1/#comment-4889 David Rogers Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:38:07 +0000 http://www.blog.neverthesamerivertwice.com/2008/02/04/fear-setting-tim-ferris-style/#comment-4889 I think its easier to challenge the automatic negative thoughts initially, rather than trying to see the bright side of a worse case scenario! The latter may work if you're young and footlose, but we can paint ourselves some pretty bleak scenarios if we let out thoughts run wild. I tagged you on the post below - but only use it if its going to be useful for your blogging. Thanks for your repeated good comments. David <em>David Rogers's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/confident1/ZfrZ/~3/227790816/seven-strange-things.php' rel="nofollow">Seven strange things you didn’t want to know</a></em> I think its easier to challenge the automatic negative thoughts initially, rather than trying to see the bright side of a worse case scenario! The latter may work if you’re young and footlose, but we can paint ourselves some pretty bleak scenarios if we let out thoughts run wild.
I tagged you on the post below – but only use it if its going to be useful for your blogging. Thanks for your repeated good comments. David

David Rogers’s last blog post..Seven strange things you didn’t want to know

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