{"id":48524,"date":"2013-11-21T09:11:07","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T14:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=48524"},"modified":"2013-11-21T09:11:21","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T14:11:21","slug":"the-only-thing-we-have-to-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=48524","title":{"rendered":"The Only Thing We Have to Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Nena Schvaneveldt, Head Editor, <a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?page_id=5730\" target=\"_blank\">INALJ Utah<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Only Thing We Have to Fear<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/NenaS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-33685\" alt=\"NenaS\" src=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/NenaS.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/NenaS.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/NenaS-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/NenaS-193x145.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>Overcoming fear is still a big issue for me. I will find myself in a difficult situation and see two options: the easy way and the right way. Of course, the right way often involves a change or confrontation, which makes the easy way that much more tempting. A little while ago, I came up with a question that helps me make a better decision.<\/p>\n<p><b>If I were in an interview and asked about this very situation, how would I want to respond?<\/b><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.6875;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Most of the time, I don\u2019t want to respond to \u201chow did you handle a difficult situation?\u201d with \u201cI avoided it until it went away.\u201d I evaluate different options based upon what I\u2019d like to be able to say I did. This has helped me come up with options between the two ways.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if I realized I\u2019d made a mistake, my fear would tell me to hide it. What I\u2019d like to be able to say is that I grew from it. Maybe today that means owning up to the mistake and asking how I should handle it.<\/p>\n<p>This may help you, too. It\u2019s helped me face some difficult situations.<\/p>\n<p>What tricks do you have to help you make better choices in the midst of fear?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Nena Schvaneveldt, Head Editor, INALJ Utah The Only Thing We Have to Fear Overcoming fear is still a big issue for me. I will find myself in a difficult situation and see two options: the easy way and the right way. Of course, the right way often involves a change or confrontation, which makes&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=48524\">Read more \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":33685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[145],"tags":[69,3592,3651,3976,5751],"class_list":["post-48524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-article","tag-blog","tag-inalj-utah","tag-nena-schvaneveldt","tag-overcoming-fear"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/NenaS.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1WoMK-cCE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}