Category Archives: Fear

6
Feb

Learning is a question of attitude

Reading is ‘the most important thing that’s happened to me in my life,’ said Mario Vargas Llosa in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, since it helped him to ‘transform dreams into life and life into dreams’.

Following on from the words of the great writer, reading sets us on the path of learning, and learning leads us towards freedom as a human being. For this very reason, reading has been considered a dangerous activity throughout history, and still is by many regimes who try to suppress it by means of censorship. (more…)

16
Jan

Empowered or alienated?

Fear has long been the management model of choice in many companies. And let’s give it its due, it’s worked pretty well. When you’ve got a stable market and pliant customers, employees can work like robots and become mere cogs in assembly lines or faceless units working at desks. (Or, to use the Marxist term, they become alienated from their work.) People’s creative talents are then reserved for their hobbies, friends or local church. This is the embodiment of the “Saturday Night Fever syndrome”, so graphically depicted in the 70s film: life begins and ends with the weekend. The rest of the week is simply to be got through.

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23
Dec

Five key ideas for confronting fear

Angela Mendez and Montse Mateos recently wrote an excellent article about the impact of fear in the workplace. In this post, I’ll elaborate on their ideas to help people face up to fear.

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10
Oct

No Fear Slideshow

I have put together a Powerpoint presentation  about my new book NoFear and some ideas that I discuss in conferences.

No Fear

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1
Oct

No Fear published

Just a short note to tell you that my first book in English has just come out. It’s called NoFear and is published by Palgrave Macmillan. I’m very excited about this, and it’s a real honour to be associated with such a prestigious publishing house. I’m already receiving e-mails from readers in the UK! (more…)

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