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Coots Mathews on Fear

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This nice image of Coots is from upstream online.com

When it came to managing fear, Coots Mathews knew what he was talking about. You would too if you made your living by putting out oil well fires by exploding dynamite into the shafts  to starve the fire of oxygen. According to his daughter

(Mathews) …  never denied fear.

“You respect the things you fear,” he would say, “and that respect can save your life.”

Coots died peacefully the other day at age 86. Perhaps those fancy cigars did him in. Here is a link to his NYT obit.

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  1. Quickthink » Blog Archive » That Elusive Feeling … of Confidence Says:
    May 14th, 2010 at 12:20 pm

    […] defeat or failure. Some might use the word “fear”. Though according to Coots Mathews, some fear of failure can be useful for one to nurture respect for adversity. It is the left side of the brain that goes further and […]

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