EP 157 - Fear is Fuel with Patrick Sweeney

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fear is a powerful emotion that has paralyzed and prevented many from achieving their goals. Can you imagine all those opportunities that one would miss if they chose to live in the prison of fear their entire life? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For over 30 years, fear drove Patrick Sweeney’s choices and actions, making him miss out on a number of amazing opportunities that life presented him. It is after contracting a rare form of leukemia that Patric realized his courage was a super-power. He decided that if he beat the disease he’d get over his biggest fear, flying.</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">He now flies a stunt plane in aerobatic competitions. It is one of the greatest joys in his life, a true passion that was hidden from him because of fear. He is the founder and CEO of four technology companies, holds seven patents, produced award-winning adventure documentary films, and is an agile investor in over 30 start-ups. He, however,  chose to leave all these behind; to write</span> <a href= "https://fearisfuel.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fear is Fuel</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and help millions of people find the courage and the life of their dreams. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Patrick talks about some of the life-changing decisions he made, how he replaced judgment with curiosity, and how changing the way of thinking and decision making is particularly relevant to today’s leaders. Tune in to learn how you can find and understand your hidden fears, and confront them to achieve peak performance. </span></p> <p><strong>You’ll learn:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to be vulnerable yet authentic even when so much is expected of you</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The difference between semantic and emotional memory</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The true me