These are the symptoms of anxiety: 1. Heart rate raises (adrenaline increase) 2. Fight or flight response kicks in, you get jittery, break out into a cold sweat (cortisol surge) 3. You have tunnel vision, can’t see or think beyond your fear (nor- epinephrine increase) These are the symptoms of excitement: 1. Heart rate raises (adrenaline increase) 2. Fight or flight response kicks in, you get jittery, break out into a cold sweat (cortisol surge) 3. You have tunnel vision, can’t see or think beyond your excite- ment (norepinephrine increase) Fear is excitement…with a negative frame. Excitement is fear…with a positive frame. Think of a roller coaster. Some people will spend hundreds of dol- lars and hours waiting in line to ride the scariest one they can find. Other people will have a panic attack at the thought of going on one. Same ride. Just a different frame. Now are you starting to see how to beat your fear? Here are the steps to use to do it: STEP 1: LIST ALL YOUR FEARS Ask yourself, what are you afraid might happen if you write a book? Write down the fears you are feeling. Write down every fear or anxiety. hOW TO BEAT yOUr fEArS (AND fiNiSh yOUr BOOk) · 43