#42 be brave

Many people today will have paraskevidekatriaphobia -- fear of Friday the 13th.  It's the only time it happens this year, so hopefully the discomfort will be short-lived.  

The date isn't the only thing to be afraid of today.  Of course there are the usual suspects like fear of spiders, heights, darkness and public speaking.  But Phobialist.com lists over 530 phobias that affect people -- being afraid of: the color white, otters, garlic, asymmetrical things, beautiful women, snow, your step mother, tyrants and even the great mole rat.

Some people in your organization may be suffering from different kind of phobias like atychiphobia (fear of failure), atelophobia (fear of imperfection), gnosiophobia (fear of knowledge) or gelotoophobia (fear of being laughed at).  These phobias are more subtle than some of the others, but they impede action nonetheless.

Make today the day that you are brave.  And try to help your staff to overcome their fears too.  Everyone has a lot to gain from curing the kainophobias (fear of anything new) that ails them.

-- beth triplett
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