RE: Light from many lamps -written by Ryan Morrow

Ryan,

I agree with you, Roosevelt’s quote about fear is so impactful because it helps us adopt a perspective that fear is produced internally and empowers us with the notion that it’s something we can control. One of the main roles of a leader is to guide followers, which may involve teaching followers that the fears is something they have control over and to empower them to overcome it so they can do great things. Fear may not always come from an external entity but can also stem from within. Allowing followers to see this can unlock new levels of potential and ability within them. Sometimes what we may fear are also the things we perceive to have no control over. It’s this cycle of thinking that permeates within our mind and hinders us from taking action. What I think Roosevelt was also addressing is that when we can recognize what it is we really fear and why we fear it, we can then learn to regain that power it had over us and allows us to ultimately conquer it.

-Ruiz