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The 7 Basic Fears according to Napoleon Hill

The 7 Basic Fears according to Napoleon Hill

Introduction

Napoleon Hill authored several life-transforming books. He stressed upon the importance of a Positive Mental Attitude (PMA) on the overall success of any individual person. He outlined 7 basic fears common to mankind. He explained how fear can be both a blessing and curse, depending upon how a person yields to it or rejects it. Fear is so powerful that it can negatively impact our mindset and its opposite “faith” can do wonders for us. Fear is nothing but faith in opposite gear. There are Seven basic fears which hold many people in bondage throughout their precious lives. No great success can be achieved without mastering these seven fears. Fear and faith are opposite sides of the magnet, here one attracts failure and the other attracts success.

“7 Basic Fears” – Napoleon Hill

1) Fear of poverty
This fear is inculcated in the minds of people who focus on things and circumstances they do not want. Let’s understand this fear with an example, an employed person can anytime fear his/her job security. Whenever s/he hears about the rise in global unemployment, it gives him/her chills that his/her job can go anytime and that will lead to poverty. 
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2) Fear of criticism
It’s a proven fact that the fear of “what they will say” had broken millions of dreams. This had kept millions of people away from riches that they might have earned if they implemented their ideas without thinking about the criticism of others. The key trait of successful people is that s/he always welcome criticism from others as criticism may reveal some advantages that might get overlooked during the idea development process. 
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3) Fear of ill health
This is also known as hypochondria or imaginary illness. This can be compared with material things of financial nature, mind always attracts what it always believes in. If we believe that we have a certain kind of disease then we develop symptoms of such disease.
4) Fear of the loss of love
The fear of love creates jealousy. We can say that jealousy leads to temporary or permanent insanity. This is a proven fact that jealousy breaks up personal relationships, destroys homes, and leads to huge business losses. We must separate our professional and personal lives.
5) Fear of the loss of liberty
One of the most important days in history for any Indian is 15 August 1947 or Independence day. It’s the day when Indians got freedom from the British Raj. Every individual has a deep-seated desire for freedom as the supreme god had made us with ownership of independent will. We are living in the world of man-made chaos and frustration, hence the fear of loss of liberty is at an all-time high.
6) Fear of old age
Everyone loses vitality in old age and it’s a big fear in the mind of people that they will also become old one day. Old age not only impacts financial freedom and independence, but it also impacts our physical freedom. The solution to this fear is to save sufficient funds for old age.
“Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.”  Napoleon Hill
7) Fear of death
Fear of death comes from the fear of the unknown as nobody knows that what will come after death. This is also one of the cruelest fears as death can come at any time. Hill says that Death is the ultimate truth, and it is certain that death will come so we must accept this truth without fear. This world consists of matter and energy. Both matter & energy cannot be destroyed, and life is also energy hence life also cannot be destroyed. We must understand that life must undergo several rounds of transition, with death being one of them.

Summary

In addition to these seven basic fears, there is one more factor that impacts our lives and that factor is sensitivity toward negative influences. We are the average of 5 people around us and if we surround ourselves with negative people then we will obviously become likewise. Hence, we must be aware of these seven basic fears along with the influence of negative people.

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