ave doubts。 〃I'm not smart。〃 〃I'm not good enough。〃 〃So ' and so is better than me。〃 Or our doubts often paralyze us。 We play the。 ｜ 〃What if？〃 game。 〃What if the economy crashes right after I invest？〃 Or 〃What if I lose control and I can't pay the money back？〃 〃What if things don't go as I planned？〃 Or we have friends or loved ones who will remind us of our shortings regardless of whether we ask。 They often say； 〃What makes you think you can do that？〃 Or 〃If it's such a good idea； how e someone else hasn't done it？〃 Or 〃That will never work。 You don't know what you're talking about。〃 These words of doubt often get so loud that we fail to act。 A horrible feeling builds in our stomach。 Sometimes we can't sleep。 We fail to move forward。 So we stay with what is safe and opportunities pass us by。 We watch life passing by as we sit immobilized with a cold knot in our body。 We have all felt this at one time in our lives； some more than others。
Peter Lynch of Fidelity Magellan mutual fund fame refers to warnings about the sky falling as 〃noise；〃 and we all hear it。
〃Noise〃 is either created inside our heads or es from outside。 Often from friends； family； co…workers and the media。 Lynch recalls the time during the 1950s when the threat of nuclear war was so prevalent in the news that people began building fallout shelters and storing food and water。 If they had invested that money wisely in the market； instead of building a fallout shelter； they'd probably be financ