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Margie Worrell

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
150 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

helped all of us avoid doing stupid things, particularly in our younger years when we may have felt a little more invulnerable to the dangers of the world. So it's not that fear is a bad thing. And so sometimes our fear is alerting us to a legitimate danger. You know, don't dive into that river. You don't know how deep it is. Don't run across the freeway.

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

Don't invest money with this person because something's coming up. You've got this feeling like they're just not to be trusted. So to be clear, fear Fear isn't the enemy. It is not about fear eradication.

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

Don't invest money with this person because something's coming up. You've got this feeling like they're just not to be trusted. So to be clear, fear Fear isn't the enemy. It is not about fear eradication.

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

Don't invest money with this person because something's coming up. You've got this feeling like they're just not to be trusted. So to be clear, fear Fear isn't the enemy. It is not about fear eradication.

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

It's about fear management and being able to discern what fears are serving me, what fears are enabling me to use my time and my talents and my energy toward things that enrich my life and what fears are actually keeping me from doing those very things.

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

It's about fear management and being able to discern what fears are serving me, what fears are enabling me to use my time and my talents and my energy toward things that enrich my life and what fears are actually keeping me from doing those very things.

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

It's about fear management and being able to discern what fears are serving me, what fears are enabling me to use my time and my talents and my energy toward things that enrich my life and what fears are actually keeping me from doing those very things.

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

you're afraid of the sting of rejection and uh it's that and it's actually not the rejection itself it's what we make it mean that i'm not good enough if you knew that you know if you didn't if we didn't internalize that rejection as a judgment that we are inadequate that we're not cute enough that we're not popular enough that we're not smart enough then we would just ask them.

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

you're afraid of the sting of rejection and uh it's that and it's actually not the rejection itself it's what we make it mean that i'm not good enough if you knew that you know if you didn't if we didn't internalize that rejection as a judgment that we are inadequate that we're not cute enough that we're not popular enough that we're not smart enough then we would just ask them.

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

you're afraid of the sting of rejection and uh it's that and it's actually not the rejection itself it's what we make it mean that i'm not good enough if you knew that you know if you didn't if we didn't internalize that rejection as a judgment that we are inadequate that we're not cute enough that we're not popular enough that we're not smart enough then we would just ask them.

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

We'd go, hey, do you want to go out on a date? And if they said no, you go, oh, well, whatever. But we don't do that because we just want to avoid the chance of them saying, oh, no, thank you. Oh, thanks, but no thanks. And like, oh. I'm not good enough. And I think, you know, this can apply to people who are 16 years old and they want to invite someone to the prom.

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

We'd go, hey, do you want to go out on a date? And if they said no, you go, oh, well, whatever. But we don't do that because we just want to avoid the chance of them saying, oh, no, thank you. Oh, thanks, but no thanks. And like, oh. I'm not good enough. And I think, you know, this can apply to people who are 16 years old and they want to invite someone to the prom.

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

We'd go, hey, do you want to go out on a date? And if they said no, you go, oh, well, whatever. But we don't do that because we just want to avoid the chance of them saying, oh, no, thank you. Oh, thanks, but no thanks. And like, oh. I'm not good enough. And I think, you know, this can apply to people who are 16 years old and they want to invite someone to the prom.

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

And it can apply to someone, I've got friends who are 56 years old and they're like, oh, I'd really like to meet someone. But, oh, and it's like, I don't want to have to feel the uncomfortable emotions that may come my way if I do put myself out there. You know, it could be applying for another job. It could be inviting someone on a date.

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

And it can apply to someone, I've got friends who are 56 years old and they're like, oh, I'd really like to meet someone. But, oh, and it's like, I don't want to have to feel the uncomfortable emotions that may come my way if I do put myself out there. You know, it could be applying for another job. It could be inviting someone on a date.

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

And it can apply to someone, I've got friends who are 56 years old and they're like, oh, I'd really like to meet someone. But, oh, and it's like, I don't want to have to feel the uncomfortable emotions that may come my way if I do put myself out there. You know, it could be applying for another job. It could be inviting someone on a date.

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

It could be just a platonic, reaching out to someone you'd like to get to know better. And so we often hold back. You know, procrastination is just a way to avoid, it's a tactic to avoid the discomfort of trying something and not doing well.

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

It could be just a platonic, reaching out to someone you'd like to get to know better. And so we often hold back. You know, procrastination is just a way to avoid, it's a tactic to avoid the discomfort of trying something and not doing well.

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

It could be just a platonic, reaching out to someone you'd like to get to know better. And so we often hold back. You know, procrastination is just a way to avoid, it's a tactic to avoid the discomfort of trying something and not doing well.

We Can Do Hard Things
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)

Well, people will rarely say, I don't want to feel those emotions. Actually, what they'll usually say is, I'm just too busy. Or there'll be some other reason. It's not always that, oh, I don't want to feel those emotions. It's like, oh, no, it's just not the right time. Or it's not so bad right now. And we'll come up with a whole lot of other reasons that give us air cover.