Every morning we wake up and face a new day with new challenges. It’s human nature and this is the course of life. Even if I was not always prepared for whatever fate has given me to carry on my shoulders I struggled and I managed to get all things to an end.

每天清晨醒来的时候，我们就得面对了新一天的挑战。这是一种人类的天性，也是人生的课程之一。即使我不能总做好准备来面对命运带给我的各种挑战，但我还是会努力尝试着顺利完成这些任务。

One of the greatest challenges I faced was fear: fear of change, fear of making wrong decisions and fear of holding my point of view. This instinct of fear can mess up our lives distorting the way we look at ourselves and at the people around us. From definitions, fear is a pre-programmed emotion that acts as an instinctual response to potential danger. And this instinctual response causes different physical reactions, because when we are afraid, the adrenaline and the stress hormone cortisol are released into the blood stream.

我面临的最大的一个挑战就是恐惧：害怕变化，害怕做出错误的决定，害怕坚持自己的意见。这种本能的害怕会把我们的生活搞得一团糟，会改变原本我们看待自己和周围人的眼光。恐惧是对于潜在危险做出的一种本能反应，这种本能的反应还会引发出不同的身体反应。因为当我们感到害怕时，肾上腺素和应激激素皮质醇都会被释放到血液中。

1. See beyond the danger. When we face a potential danger we panic and this makes us take wrong decisions or run away from responsibilities. What we should do instead is take a deep breath and think of all possible consequences and implications. Many times, things are not as bad as we think they are.

1.要超越恐惧本身来看待整件事。当我们面临着一种潜在的危险时，我们会感到惊慌，一惊慌就会导致我们做出错误的决定或者逃避责任。我们应该做的事情是深吸一口气，然后想想整件事可能带来的各种结果和影响。

2. Take a positive attitude. We are strong enough to manage all the problems and nothing can stop us.

2.要保持积极的态度。我们有足够的能力来解决所有的问题，没有什么事情是能难道我们的。

3. Expand our comfort zone. There are three important zones where we can be situated: the comfort zone, the learning zone and the panic zone. Let’s think of it as three circles one inside another. The unexpected gets us out of the comfort zone and into the learning zone which leads to the panic zone. It was proved by scientists that operating on the edge of our comfort zone is the best place to learn and grow. As long as we are “inside” it’s ok, but if we face a new and different situation we get out of these zones and move into the panic zone. We have to learn how to behave and how to manage the new situations without being afraid of taking wrong decisions. After all, is practice and learning that make these transitions less scary, resulting in an expansion of the comfort zone.

3.拓展我们的舒适区域。以下是几个三个重要的区域：舒适区域，学习区域和不安区域。让我们尝试着想像一下，这三个区域就是三个圈，而且这三个圈是一个套在一个里面的。那些意想不到的事情把我们带出了舒适区域，带进了学习区域，而学习区域正是通向不安区域的。科学家们证实了，扩展我们的舒适区域是学习和成长最有效的一个办法。只要我们的“内在”没有问题。但假如我们面临新的问题，我们会从那些区域里出来，进入到不安区域。因此，我们不得不学习怎么处理这种新情况，怎么样不会害怕做出错误的决定。毕竟，只有不断的学习与锻炼才能让我们不再感到害怕，从而拓宽了我们的舒适区域。

4. When you want to give up, do one more step. This step is about pushing our limits and becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable. We never know we will succeed unless we actually try.

4.当我们想要放弃是，多走那么一步。这一步具体是指，发挥我们的极限，并且把对此产生的不安转换为习以为常。只有真正尝试了，我们才能知道我们到底能不能做到。

5. Do not avoid or postpone tasks and activities. I often find myself postponing and delaying certain activities just because I am afraid of the result. In the end, we still have to do that thing and with time passing it might become even harder and we won’t get rid of it. More that that the pressure and the stress will become more intense. So let’s do things at the right time and feel a great release indifferent the result.

5.不要回避或者延缓任务或者活动。我发现我经常会延迟具体的某些活动，之所以会这样是因为我害怕随之而产生的结果。其实，我们迟早还是要去做这件事的，而且拖得越晚可能就越难完成。越是晚，越会感到压力大，从而会更紧张。所以说，我们还是在该做某件事的时候把这件事做完吧，同时还能产生一种解脱感。

6. Don’t be afraid of competition. We are just competitors – like all the others. We don’t have to give up fighting just because we are scared. Just because we can’t read fear on our competitors’ face this doesn’t mean they are not scared. The first rule in winning is to participate!

6.不要害怕竞争。我们跟其他人一样都只是竞争者。我们没有必要因为害怕就放弃竞争。不能仅仅因为我们不能读出对手脑子的恐惧感，就能说他们不害怕。毕竟，重在参与嘛。

7. Strengthen your will with religious beliefs. If you are a religious person, then you should know that fear is not a God’s will. God wants us to be strong and to carry our problems with strength. Take some time to say a prayer and “have a talk with God”.

7.通过宗教信仰来增强你的意志。如果你是一个有宗教信仰的人，那么你应该知道恐惧不是上帝的意愿。上帝希望我们变强，希望我们勇敢的面对自己的问题。花点时间做个祷告，和上帝好好谈谈吧。

8. Get enough sleep. Usually when we get into these situations, we neglect one of the most important things: sleep. If our body does not rest enough, there will appear another variable, fatigue, which will aggravate our situation even more. Sleep enough because it’s vital to be fresh when you take important decisions.

8.保证充足的睡眠。通常来说，在这种情况下，我们会忽略一件重要的事情：睡眠。如果我们都不能休息好的话，那么情况就会变得更糟。只有休息好了，我们才能清醒的做出正确的决定。