Rhys Elliott’s Reviews > The Fear Bubble: Harness Fear and Live Without Limits > Status Update

Amazing to hear of ants journey summiting Everest. Ant says that you have to put yourself through challange in order to grow. And life is full of them so challange yourself constantly.

Underneath all these different fears there is one persistent fear , the fear that we aren’t good enough. With this fear conquered we can face the other fears in life.

Use insult or pain to your own advantage. Motivate yourself with it

Brutal honesty makes you bulletproof to insults (criticism). By sitting down and listing all the bad things about yourself when somebody uses these to attack you, you’ll already be aware and therefore have dealt with it

The difference between pride and ego is that people with pride are motivated to do a task in full honest and integrity even when no one is around. An egotistical person takes the shortcut and claims credit immediately.

Ant defines the fear of failure as a key factor in people not moving forward. I didn’t apply to Oxford out of fear of failure , I could’ve got into Oxford and this might’ve given me the motivation I needed to get grades. The man who doesn’t fail is the man who doesn’t try.

The fear response, letting fear in when it’s needed (not general panic) is important. Understand and accept what you feel and use and embrace it. The go or no response, when you feel that fear you either decide to go or step back it’s saying maybe that’s the killer. If you say no then you can step out of it and attack the bubble again once you’re ready.

I find it sort of a relief that ant has a degree of respect and generosity. It’s clear that he wants to be indulged by and indulge in the local culture. He’s going to Everest for him and himself only. It’s making me want to climb Everest myself.

The three step method for stopping yourself becoming a victim over a situation is acknowledge: accept that something has happened and understand your role in it
Process: let it sit and figure out what you can do differently to stop this kind of thing happening again
Move on: distance yourself from the issue, just leave it behind and forget about it. Don’t look back with bitterness or hate.