Kelly McGonigal

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The School of Greatness · The Real Reason Stress Is Hurting You | Kelly McGonigal · 24 Jul 2026 podcast

and remember what you care about and we're going to do this and you're not alone and you've got all your mentors and your ancestors behind you.

There's a slightly different feeling to it.

There's something nice about not knowing, which is that it's like you said, who says I can't.

There can be in not knowing, meaning not knowing for sure that I could accomplish this or that I'm the best person to try.

That same not knowing, if you just say, well, I'm going to lean into not knowing, and that includes

the best possible outcome.

What is my greatest fear?

It's so funny.

So I actually have like an answer to this question because I have a teacher, Natalie Goldberg.

She's a Zen teacher and a writing teacher.

And she actually, she did this talk, the session where she had people actually say out loud what their greatest fear is.

It's so interesting.

And I realized like having to actually think about what is your greatest fear?

there were two things that came up.

One of my absolute greatest fears is that people are essentially not good.

Like if I could think of the most devastating thing in the world to either be true or to feel is true, it would be that human beings at their core are essentially not good.

The other thing would be that I have no value, that it doesn't matter if I wake up today or not.

So those and I'm pretty clear those are my two biggest fears.

And I think it's so it's obviously one of the reasons why things like like volunteering and teaching and all of that means so much to me.

And because it's like a it's a resistance against that fear.

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