The Road to Success is Paved with Anxiety

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“There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it” teaches Ovid. ( Andy 24) This means that one cannot achieve pleasure easily; he needs anxiety to push himself to the limits and overcome fear. Collier, a freelance writer with more than six hundred articles to his credit, published an article, “Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name “. He uses his personal experience and proves that we can overcome anxiety. In the article "Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name," Collier explains that anxiety is a very common part in our life and overcoming it instead of backing away is the only way we grow. Collier uses personal experiences, and shows his audience how he faced his anxiety which taught him lessons for the future .He was given a chance to travel with his roommate to Argentina, to work on a ranch. Collier had turned down the offer, since he already had made plans to teach his brother to sail. Turning down this opportunity, Collier learned a valuable lesson and developed a rule for himself: “do what makes you anxious; don’t do what makes you depressed”. ( Collier 95) When Collier was at graduate school, he began writing magazines articles and interviewing big names. Before each interview, he would get butterflies and his hands would start shaking (Collier 95). At one time, Collier had an interview with a musician that he admired, Duke Ellington. During the interview, Collier had found out that Duke still has stage fright even though he has been performing for more than thirty years .He had benefited and discovered from a process psychologist call “ extinction “. (Collier 97) This brought up his second rule: “you’ll never eliminate anxiety by avoiding the things that cause it”. (Collier 97) Throughout his li... ... middle of paper ... ...you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.”(llyana 27) In conclusion, facing anxiety in life is normal. Anxiety strives a person to work harder and overcome any obstacle. Like Collier said “you can’t learn if you don’t try”. (Collier 97) To sum up, the path to success is paved with anxiety. Work Cited Collier, James Lincoln.” Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name.” Models for Writers. Ed. Alfred Rosa and Paul Eschholz. 11th ed. Boston: Bedfrod,2012. 90-97 Print Andy , Zubko. Treasury Of Spiritual Wisdom. 3rd. USA: Blue Dove Foundation, 1998. 1-313. eBook. Dimanche, Claire-Elise. Closer to Nature, Closer to God. 1st. Indiana: inspiring voices, 2012. 1-112. eBook. Romanovsky, Ilyana. Choosing Therapy: A Guide to Getting What You Need. 1st. Maryland: Rowman&Littlefield, 2014. 1-147. eBook.

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