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/></a>In life being the best has a lot more to it than a high IQ a trophy degree or even good looks. Skills are developed to be an individual (in school) whilst often being pandered to (at home). Admittedly, perhaps, this is a more modern phenomenon. As we have got wealthier (work harder and longer) our kids can be afforded an "easier life" and be outsourced (nannies and media entertainment). This is not providing them with the skills to be the best.<br />
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Key social skills are not developed in this false, individual, pandered environment. To be the best a large swathe of personal and social skills need to be developed. Here are some of the desired skills listed in the book for kids "How kids Fail"<br />
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<li>Confidence</li>
<li>Curiosity</li>
<li>Self control</li>
<li>How you relate to other people and understand their point of view (do not jump to conclusions)</li>
<li>Communicate (Listen, clarify, understand, empathize)</li>
<li>Cooperativeness</li>
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Key work / personal skills should seek to instill:<br />
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<li>Be positive about everything and everyone </li>
<li>Always do your best</li>
<li>Always look to improve</li>
<li>Always ask what you can do better (not what you have done well) \ collaborative</li>
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These skills help to develop a rounded, grounded, confident, go getting individual:<br />
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<li>good social skills</li>
<li>no dwelling on past mistakes (just learning not to repeat them)</li>
<li>forward looking and suppression of wasteful negative thoughts </li>
<li>a can do (and will do) attitude</li>
<li>taking responsibility instead of being a victim seeking excuses.</li>
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Acting this way will open doors of opportunity no matter who you are and what age you are. They make you a valuable person. Financial reward will follow and then you can decide what you want to do with it.<br />
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Even better still you will already have a plan, goal and desires already mapped out giving life direction and purpose (goals).<br />
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None of this is easy. I personally have only developed some habits recently. I have to constantly remind myself of my conduct. I often fail and have to try harder.<br />
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I can easily critisise my conduct in the past. I sincerely regret some of it and have spent lots of time kicking my-self. Thankfully I have learnt to move on. Did I learn from my mistakes? In some ways yes. </blockquote>
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Now something goes off in my head that says stop when I am going to do something stupid. All those past mistakes needle me to stop and change course. Is that what wisdom is learn from loads of past mistakes.<br />
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Develop some habits?</h2>
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<li>Listen, Pause and think before replying. If you are unsure wait until tomorrow especially when angry.</li>
<li>Learn to be critical of yourself and ask what would I do different next time.</li>
<li>Have goals and a plan well into the future</li>
<li>Identify and make friends with the right people - positive, happy and energetic types whilst avoiding the wrong type of people - negative, excuse driven individuals.</li>
<li>Read and learn from philosophers, strivers, thinkers, go getters and people who have faced adversity and won.</li>
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We have TIME on our side</h2>
Thankfully we ALL have TIME to make changes and that is a gift we have to use. If something is not working do something about it. Quit, move, fix and buckle down to some hard work.<br />
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Fighting Fear - Part 2

Contender 0 Black Swan, community, Critical Thinking, fear, financial independence, Freedom, health, stress, survival 14:51

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<b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAmc1_nBDd9JFeBRs31GT_XCS8KniWcJRWk_QN8nIuj0WREcsqxBvURpOR_ucI5SMkxRCPRTs2RoZvNhn0M9epqrLxFObct4MxCvNlcNY_mirxr2Josc14Uj-Z5H-0__pwN4wGuwHjjos0/s1600/FeaR.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAmc1_nBDd9JFeBRs31GT_XCS8KniWcJRWk_QN8nIuj0WREcsqxBvURpOR_ucI5SMkxRCPRTs2RoZvNhn0M9epqrLxFObct4MxCvNlcNY_mirxr2Josc14Uj-Z5H-0__pwN4wGuwHjjos0/s1600/FeaR.jpg"></a>THE.PasT</b>: <i>"</i><i><b>FeaR</b></i><i>! I gave <b>THE.CoNTeNDeR</b> a few cure balls in THE.PasT for you. I told him what to do and where to do it. Since then he has gone off the rails a bit. He is not with the system. His choice to stop working - how dare he! </i><br>
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<i><i>He needs a bit of re-educating don't you think? I need to re-introduce him to </i><b>THE.FuTuRe</b>. He has lots of ideas on how to mess things up, surprise and misdirect this misfit.</i><br>
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<b>THE.FeaR</b>: <i>"He sure can't cross <b>THE.FuTuRe</b>. It is about time <b>THE.CoNTeNDeR</b> realised this and feels <b>THE.FeaR</b>. He needs reminding of what is on the road in front of him. I will rough him up a bit, I like doing that, I am just the man for the job! "</i></div>
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<b>This is the follow up post post to</b><a href="http://getintheringwithme.blogspot.fr/2013/10/feeling-fear-part-1.html"><b> </b>Feeling Fear - Part 1</a><b> which covered FeaR's rampage in THE.CoNTeNDeRs past. Now it is is all about THE.CoNTeNDeRS top 3 FEAR's in THE.FuTuRe and 
what the TRiBe is doing about them on our road to <i>financial independence</i>
 and hopefully a contented life.</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fear 1 - fear of lack of purpose </b></span><br>
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What is the point in gaining very early retirement? Just look at Jacob from ERE (Early Retirement Extreme) he went back to work for a challenge, not because he needed the money. Our TRiBE want to be useful to society not just sit in the sun in the French countryside - how sad.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Praise-Slow-Worldwide-Movement-Challenging/dp/0752864149/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1381995073&sr=1-1&keywords=in+praise+of+slow" target="_blank">Go Slow</a></td></tr>
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First off sometimes some idleness /
a sabbatical / being bored / having time for reflection and to think is a REALLY GOOD THING.<br>
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We are still de-toxing from the city, its noise, bright lights, pollution and overall speed of everyday life. Time is a great healer and in the last four weeks we needed the time to slow down. </div>
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We only used to get 5 weeks
holiday a year. Typically this would be split into one two week
holiday preferably abroad followed by two one week holidays somewhere in
the UK. Our spare five days were taken as odd days off. NONE of these
holidays was long enough to completely recuperate / switch off / relax. Is that the point on only allowing five weeks holiday a year?<br>
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What really speaks volumes is that in the UK if you are ill whilst on holiday you can
actually claim the time back from work. Perhaps it has become so common
for people to get ill in the first week off as the body
tries to let down the stress defences the government had to do do something about it?</div>
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In the CoNTeNDeRs opinion we
should all have the ability to have 3 months + off each and every
year. Time to reflect, think, re-charge our batteries and de-stress ourselves.<br>
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Will this ever be allowed - all that time to actually think deeply about want is going on around us. It is 
well documented how the mainstream media and education system is dumbing
 us down. Forbid us free time to think and read as adults in case we don't get with the system right? Would literacy 
rates jump and the system change because the public at large would demand it?<br>
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Fortunately for the TRiBe we have time no what are we going to do with it.  Here are some current activities:<br>
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<li>Thinking and reading time is still be very important for us</li>
<li>This blog and the tools associated with it can be very time consuming and very enjoyable. </li>
<li>The children are getting lots of attention. We are able to be idle outside walking and playing with them in the garden, fields, hedgerows and local play dates and groups.</li>
<li>We are making lots of new friends. Such a diverse group all working hard to get ahead in their own little ways. The number of people with practical skills around us has multiplied ten fold. although they have similar problems with making ends meet they seem un-stressed and have time to talk. Going <i>slow</i>.</li>
<li>We are looking for somewhere to call home. Something ours to do with as we wish. We are finding that the housing market here is expensive as the area is highly desirable due to the local picturesque town and its facilities. </li>
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<b>FeaR</b>: "<i>Ah but <b>CoNTeNDeR </b>you will soon be bored! What a waste of your training, your conditioning, you are a corporate greyhound - fast, nimble and loyal. Don't waste it! If you stay out of the workforce too long and you will be toast. Won't it be a shame <b>R.I.P CoNTeNDeR </b>that guy who really didn't do much.</i>"<br>
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<b>CoNTeNDeR</b>: "<i>What a lack of imagination old bloke! Yes we have skills to be put to use but on other pursuits. Corporate skills are transferable don't you know. Look at this blog would it ever have existed if it it was not for my work?"  </i><br>
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So should this <b>FeaR </b>- a lack of purpose put us off? We have been given the gift of time to find our real passion, our contribution to society, we must not waste it. It may take some time to land on our feet but we believe it will happen.<br>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little - death that <br>brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass <br>over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the <br>inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. <br>Only I will remain." - Frank Herbert</span></span></div>
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<b><b>THE.FeaR wins this round with a clip around the ear - what are you doing CoNTeNDeR </b></b><br>
<b>FeaR 1 TRiBe 0</b> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><b>Fear 2 - fear of lack of income / high</b> inflation destroying our savings</b></span> </div>
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<span class="style">“The outcome (of all of this) will be more
 debt, more printed money, and more misery for the masses.  Remember 
that US debt was $10 trillion in 2008 when the crisis began and now it’s
 $17 trillion.  And the Fed’s balance sheet was $900 billion in 2008 -- 
it’s now at $3.6 trillion....</span><span class="style_2" style="line-height: 22px;">On top of that, 
personal credit (in the form of) car loans and student loans is growing 
exponentially.  Every year now the US debt is going up by at least $1 
trillion.  In addition to that the Fed is expanding its balance sheet by
 another $1 trillion each year.  This means that the US government is 
currently printing $2 trillion per year. " - </span><a href="http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/10/9_Governments_Will_Start_Panicking_As_Chaos_%26_Crisis_Accelerates.html" target="_blank">Egon von Greyerz - KWN Oct 2013</a><br>
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Incredible debt numbers are being talked about almost daily. Whether it be company, personal or government the numbers are hard to comprehend as the above graphic tries to portray.<br>
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What is debt? Just paper promises, electrons on a computer. The problem is that governments and central banks are very good at creating it (currency) and paying for it by typing some numbers into a computer. The result is more inflation in everyday goods. Here is a video on the process from Mike Maloney:<br>
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In the past money used to be tied to a hard asset such as a tradeable commodity. What we do know is that paper money has been <a href="http://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/hanke-krus-hyperinflation-table-may-2013.pdf" target="_blank">destroyed several times in the past</a> due to the abuse of the ruling class.<br>
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In the current era debt has generally been serviced and living standards have risen but <a href="http://srsroccoreport.com/guest-post-bad-advice-why-the-future-will-be-like-the-past/guest-post-bad-advice-why-the-future-will-be-like-the-past/" target="_blank">what if THE.FuTuRe is not like THE.PAST</a> what if the can cannot be kicked any further any longer? What may hold its real value in <b>THE.FuTuRe</b>?<br>
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Fighting Fear - Part 2

THE.PasT : " FeaR ! I gave THE.CoNTeNDeR a few cure balls in THE.PasT for you. I told him what to do and where to do it. Since then h...

Feeling Fear - Part 1

Contender 0 Black Swan, community, Critical Thinking, fear, financial independence, Freedom, health, stress, survival 08:16

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<b>THE.FuTuRe</b>: <i>"Hey
</i><i><b>FeaR</b></i><i>! Get over here we need to talk. Contender
is getting ahead of himself he needs to feel THE.FeaR! Spar with him
for a few rounds – probe his weaknesses. Get under his skin and
into his psyche"</i>
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<b>THE.FeaR</b>: <i>"Anything
for an old buddy of mine. Doubt – I'm your guy, Hesitation – got
it covered, Hope – destroyed, Confidence – history bring it on!"</i></div>
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<b>In this post we are going to have a look at how FeaR has impacted THE.CoNTeNDeR in THE.PAST, what has been done about him and what he has learnt.</b> <b> </b><br>
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<b>As for THE.FuTuRe? What are</b> <b>the top 3 FeaR's the TRiBe has for financial independence and  downshifting and hopefully leading a contented life and what are we doing about them now - all to come in part two.</b><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;">THE.CoNTeNDeR's Introduction to FeaR</span></div>
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I penned a post in April called <a href="http://getintheringwithme.blogspot.fr/2013/04/10-happiness-guidelines.html">10 Happiness Guidelines</a> in the post I covered the premise of learn from <b>THE.PaST</b> enjoying
<b>THE.NOW</b> but planning for <b>THE.FuTuRe</b>. All three have been followed by <b>THE.FeaR</b> starting at a young age.</div>
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Being Welsh I come from a
Protestant work ethic background. You must sow the seeds of success today (advertised as hard work
until 65...) and then you can reap the rewards (retirement / scrap heap) in the future. Make sure you save enough though and to get a state pension you must work for at least 25 years.<br>
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In the
west we have given ample bread (government funded backstops) and circuses
(TV and media) to keep
us happy, entertained, docile, conformist and obedient. </div>
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All is sweet as long as we go with the system right? Don't think about any real world problems out there work hard for your pension and watch TV!<br>
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Was this FeaR talking? Work hard or else. Shut up learn to get with the system. We have everything in hand. So CoNTeDeR got on with the system and buckled down for the long haul...OR ELSE! </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Feeling <b>THE.FeaR</b> - not so nice </span></div>
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<b>THE.CoNTeNDeR</b> is a little older and a tiny bit wiser and now realises that one cannot live in <b>FeaR</b> of
<b>THE.FuTuRe.</b> He will always be there.<br>
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In the past <b>THE.CoNTeNDeR</b> hunkered down and <b>let FeaR </b>into his life. Mainly driven by too much News and Newspapers! This had some very bad consequences physical stress and mentally holding <b>CoNTeNDeR </b>back :</div>
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<b>Stress</b> - <b>FeaR</b>'s were allowed to sit there festering. In particular - 'I must buy a house or I will be left behind, I must work really hard or I will never get a promotion, I must look good and buy designer labels or I will never find a wife'.<br>
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This a nagging voice in the background contributed to unhappiness that was being remedied by a high consumption lifestyle of partying and holidays. Admittedly this is not all bad...why was I dong it though. Everyone around me was as well. It must be normal. Keep with the system. Keep with the system.<br>
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The partying kept me docile in a semi happy / drunken state preventing me from really getting on with life - fighting the <b>FeaR</b>'s the main problem was work.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://filmnerds.com/2012/01/13/the-great-scenes-clark-kent-vs-superman-from-superman-iii/" target="_blank">Click here for source</a></td></tr>
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Overwork, under appreciation, no rapid career progress caused insomnia, weight gain. THE.CoNTeNDeR was one of these people:<br>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">“There are thousands 
and thousands of people out there leading lives of quiet, screaming desperation, 
where they work long, hard hours at jobs they hate to enable them to buy things 
they don’t need to impress people they don’t like.”</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; display: inline !important; float: none; font: 12px/16px helvetica, arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: -4px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0.3em 0px 0px; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: -4px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">— 
Nigel Marsh</i></blockquote>
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The cure to this? Tackling the problem straight on. Accepting that the situation was my own doing. Knowing that I could do something about it. Building up the guts to do something about it. Working out a plan to get out of the wage slavery, be financially free, be different.<br>
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<b>Please
 Read on for more impacts of feeling THE.FeaR in THE.PaST </b></div>
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Feeling Fear - Part 1

THE.FuTuRe : "Hey FeaR ! Get over here we need to talk. Contender is getting ahead of himself he needs to feel THE.FeaR! Spar with hi...