Learn how to transmute paralyzing fears into creative productivity by injecting curiosity into the situation.

1. Transmuting Fear
Denise R. Jacobs
TEDxRheinMain
28 February 2013

2. 29 June
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jblndl/3154255478/

3. creativity
http://www.flickr.com/photos/international-festival/3018718331/

4. destructivity
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevygee/3265941065/

5. the voices in my head seemed real
http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/4887528060/

6. and had me totally freaking out

7. I shouldn't be writing this
I misrepresented myself
I don't know enough
This should be someone else’s book
I’m going to look stupid
Everyone will see that I’m a fake
What if it's not good enough?
What if I'm not good enough?
no…really.

8. paralyzed and imprisoned
http://www.flickr.com/photos/b3ni/2990601183/

9. road blocks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_g_travels/860951845/

10. 2 days
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiery-phoenix/8428079916/

11. inner critic
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lance_mountain/2849396572/

12. impostor syndrome
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuant63/2908064018/

13. comparison
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kharied/3315558702/

14. perfectionism
http://www.flickr.com/photos/diepuppenstubensammlerin/7648792510/

15. beta brainwaves
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44568283@N02/4097561067/

16. suppresses generative impulses
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lorelei-ranveig/2294885420/

17. fear of failure
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2717325940/

18. reframe failure
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2717326642/

19. transmute
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amphitheatrum_sapientiae_aeternae_-_Alchemist%27s_Laboratory.jpg

20. curiosity
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jtcatbagan/1557200142/

21. catalyst
http://www.flickr.com/photos/basf/5413285424/

22. ask questions
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ogil/1507585665/

23. the outcome
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonmelsa/3000222387/

24. enamored with answers
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ww4f/2526809770/

25. revel in creating the questions
http://www.flickr.com/photos/debord/4932655275/

26. learn from the master alchemists
Photo: Denise Jacobs

27. fail in private
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/959867550/

28. do it again
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/959864706/

29. maintain perspective
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daikrieg/1294053038/

30. story end?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonialuna/2942020058/

31. February
http://www.flickr.com/photos/doug88888/3709856898/

32. fail
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paolocampioni/2168286027/

33. win
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clappstar/6297835482/

34. embrace failure
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielagama_fotografando/4029208908/

35. create something amazing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7730492@N03/4958540694/

36. Thank you
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theredproject/3302110152/