Speech On Fear By Malcolm Gladwell

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Malcolm Gladwell told the story of David the poor little shepherd boy who battle with Goliath the giant that everyone fear but it took the courage of a poor shepherd to bring him down. Just like David we all have to over come fear. Fear come in many forms, fear is a part of our lives,fear is a part of who we are.my fear came to me in many forms, fear to fail never wanting to be less than anyone, my fear of not being able to care for my family, these are fears that we all share,the fear that I had to overcome as a soldier in the army,were the fear of dying and also having the fear to kill to survive,all this I had to over come but my fear didn't stop there serving twenty years as a Houston Firefighter the fear of going into burning buildings,

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