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Take the scariest path. Those are typically the roads less traveled but make all the difference. Anything else is just playing it safe like everyone else. You grow in fear, but stay stunted in safety. The scariest thing I did in my life was board a plane alone to England for graduate school. I had never been to England and had only seen my chosen school via the Internet. My interview took place over the phone.
I had a sheer panic attack the night before my flight out. I called my dad and told him I couldn't do it. He told me I could and that I could always come home if things didn't work out. The next morning I boarded my plane and touched down in London with just myself, a suitcase, and no family or friends to guide me or help me out. For the first time in my life I was totally on my own.
Today, graduate degree in hand, I'm cocky as f*ck. I know there's nothing I can't do. I grew in my fear, leapfrogging my peers. Had I caved to my fears the night before and stayed home, I would never have discovered what I'm capable of.
I had a sheer panic attack the night before my flight out. I called my dad and told him I couldn't do it. He told me I could and that I could always come home if things didn't work out. The next morning I boarded my plane and touched down in London with just myself, a suitcase, and no family or friends to guide me or help me out. For the first time in my life I was totally on my own.
Today, graduate degree in hand, I'm cocky as f*ck. I know there's nothing I can't do. I grew in my fear, leapfrogging my peers. Had I caved to my fears the night before and stayed home, I would never have discovered what I'm capable of.
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