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Sep 30, 2011, 01:08 AM
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Member Since: May 2011
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Originally Posted by TheByzantine
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What Dr. Biali is talking about is quite different. When the fear manifests, there is no time to prepare. Rather, the premise is to act before the opportunity dissipates. The challenge is to move forward despite the fear.
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If a rabbit, a possum and a mountain lion each meet a mamma bear on a path in the wood with her cub..what should they do? If the rabbit played possum and the possum tried to fight and the mountain lion tried to run away...would any survive? That is a time sensitive and critical decision-making opportunity.
If you act totally out of character and react without thinking through the situation and determining what your strengths and weaknesses are...you will make a time critical mistake. The worst disasters that I've seen people make were decisions made in haste, words said in anger or in fear and anxiety, actions taken in panic and knee-jerk reactions to events. If your life is truly in danger or the house is on fire, I would still hope you had some basic evacuation plan in mind and would follow that. Otherwise, calm determination, patience and sound decision-making and preperation will win the game every time.
I understand about having to move forward even with some level of discomfort and trepidation, but there is still some balance required with that courage false or no. Jumping in ill-prepared and while emotions are high can be just as bad if not worse. You can always try to be prepared to take advantage of opportunities when they arise..but leaping before looking is still going to end you up in a cast or coffin.
I don't think this is any grand "revelation"...just an emotional reaction closely akin to greed and panic due to a clock ticking. That's too close to my saying that I want want the last piece of chocolate cake just so no one else can get it; whether I want or need that cake or not. I say your flamenco dancing doctor can have her cake and eat it too. I'm still not going to Vegas with her or in the woods either for that matter.
I'm sorry, but I found this article ill-advised and lacking in common sense.
Most Respectfully,
Wysteria Blue
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Last edited by Wysteria; Sep 30, 2011 at 02:18 AM.
Reason: wording
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