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Embracing new things often requires us to embrace our fears, however trivial they may seem. You deal with fear not by pretending it doesn't exist, but by refusing to give it decision-making authority.
Chris Guillebeau
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Chris Guillebeau
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: April 7
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