I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The great fear that hung over the business community in the 1970s was death by regulation, and the great goal of the conservative movement, as it rose to triumph in the 1980s, was to remove that threat - to keep OSHA, the EPA, and the FTC from choking off entrepreneurship with their infernal meddling in the marketplace. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to avoid criticism. And the way to avoid criticism is to do nothing. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>