You fear losing it.

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How do you avoid letting the fear of losing business, staff or worse your job stand in the way of your success?

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If clients smell fear, they will try their damnedest to negotiate, and you usually come out on the losing end.

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Or drugs that keep cancer patients from losing their appetites or tinker with the wiring in your brain to help you overcome fear.

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