{"id":1246,"date":"2010-02-07T09:07:35","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T13:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifetosuccess.com\/?p=1246"},"modified":"2010-02-07T09:07:35","modified_gmt":"2010-02-07T13:07:35","slug":"what-are-we-afraid-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifetosuccess.com\/blog\/what-are-we-afraid-of\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are We Afraid Of?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been writing this blog for going on about 6 years now and it never ceases to amaze me, that others are very slow to take positive action in their lives.<\/p>\n<p>This not only applies to the people who have been reading this blog but also those who are in my circle of influence.<\/p>\n<p>I have been offering a resource to the people on this blog and to my email list, that I believe to be some of the best success information available on the internet. And not only that but it&#8217;s FREE!<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested you can go to <a title=\"The Simple Science of Getting What You Want!\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bm3qe9\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>http:\/\/bit.ly\/bm3qe9<\/em><\/strong><\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Being that it is FREE, I am astounded at the low number of people who actually take action and sign up for this great resource.<\/p>\n<p>I have been thinking about it for a little while now and I think that I have come up with the answer.<\/p>\n<p>When people are exposed to this information, the excuses for why they are in the position they are in are no longer valid. Because most will start to take positive action in their lives and start to make things happen.<\/p>\n<p>But for those who want to continue to have the excuse for not getting what they want, they don&#8217;t want to expose themselves to the information that will improve their lives because then they will have to be responsible.<\/p>\n<p>They are afraid of being &#8220;responsible&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>When things go wrong at work, you can identify these people by this saying &#8220;It&#8217;s not MY job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is sad.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t signed up for this FREE success training, the question you have to ask yourself is &#8220;What am I afraid of?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So what are you waiting for get over to \u00a0<strong><em><a title=\"The Simple Science of Getting What You Want!\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bm3qe9\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/bm3qe9<\/a> <\/em><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">and sign up TODAY!!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">As Always, Here&#8217;s to Your LifetoSuccess,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">John Clark<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">P.S. 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