FEAR EITHER MOTIVATES OR DE-MOTIVATES

Dr K M Soni, Chief Engineer, CPWD, MUMBAI

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FEAR

Fear is a feeling induced by perceived danger or threat causing a change in metabolic and organ functions and in behaviour.

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CAUSE OF FEAR

Fear may occur in response to a specific change in internal or external environment occurring in the present, or in anticipation or expectation of a future threat perceived as a risk to body or life of self or relatives or something dear to him or her.

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CAUSES OF FEAR

Fear can be learned by;– hearing, –experiencing or –watching a frightening traumatic

accident or incident

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FEAR IS A PART

OF HUMAN NATURE

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COMMON TYPES OF FEARS

• FEAR OF DEATH• FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN• FEAR OF LOSS• FEAR OF PAIN• FEAR OF NON-ACHIEVER• FEAR OF SURVIVAL OF LIFE• FEAR OF FEAR

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FEAR OF DEATH

• If someone is foreseeing the death, he/she can be motivated by assuring him survival or better conditions after death.

• Accepting death as normal can overpower the fear of death but very difficult to adopt.

• Chance of survival acts as a motivator. • Uncontrollable fear becomes a de-motivator.

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MOTIVATOR

• Suppose soldiers are backing out looking to large army of the enemy. A commander may surrender along with his soldier getting de-motivated with he large army of the enemy as he may have fear of death on fighting.

• If the commander is able to persuade his soldiers that they would be treated as heroes, soldiers may overcome the fear of death.

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MOTIVATOR

If someone is told about his death, he/she either may get fear of death. He/she may become highly de-motivated and leave to work altogether or get motivated to complete unfinished works what he/she wanted to do.

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FEAR OF UNKNOWN

• Fear of unknown may be due to fear of safety due to unknown conditions.

• Condition can be converted into motivated conditions in case fear of unsafe conditions can be removed. For example, suppose someone is having fear of going to unknown place. If you arrange someone to receive him or her in unknown place, it acts as a motivator.

• It acts as a de-motivator if unsafe conditions are flared up which becomes uncontrollable for him/her.

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FEAR OF LOSS

• Loss may be of money, relation, property, job, relatives, near and dear ones, life, image, dignity, reputation, social boycott, and so on.

• If someone promises to remove fear of loss or something can remove fear of loss, it acts as a motivator.

• It can become de-motivator if someone feels avoid of loss is uncontrollable.

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FEAR OF LOSS

• Many managers use fear of loss of job as an instrument to get the work done from the employees. The fear to lose the job becomes a motivator for the employee.

• In case someone becomes sure of not able to cope up with the work, the fear acts as a de-motivator.

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FEAR OF PAIN• Fear of pain is used by police personnel to get the

information from the culprits. • A lady though may have the fear of pain during child

birth but overcomes due to expectancy of child birth. Thus fear of pain can be a motivator in case after come of pain is good.

• A child may have fear of pain due to injection given by the doctor and if he experiences pain, it may become de-motivator for him.

• If fear of pain is expected as supplementary to worse conditions, it may become a de-motivator.

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FEAR OF NON-ACHIEVER

• Fear of non achiever acts as a motivator till there is a hope of achieving it.

• If some target is given to an employee not easily achievable, he can work hard to achieve to avoid a tag of non-achiever on him.

• In case, one is sure not to achieve it or fails to achieve, it can become a de-motivator.

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FEAR OF SURVIVAL

• Everyone wants to survive and thus fear of un-survival has a great effect on human beings.

• If one feels fear of survival, he can work very hard and fear acts as a great motivator.

• If one fails frequently, it can become de-motivator also and leads to extreme unwanted conditions like suicide.

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FEAR OF FEAR

• Fear of fear may be due to any fear in someone else and learnt from him/her

• Fear is not experienced by individual but if he/she is told that fear can destroy him/her or is detrimental, from “fear” itself one may have fear.

• It may certainly be a de-motivator and can lead to disaster

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FEAR MAY CONVERT INTO FOBIA AND THEN IT ENTERS INTO THE BODY PERMANENTLY. IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO REMOVE FOBIA AND ONE HAS TO WORK HARD FOR ITS REMOVAL.EFFECT OF FEAR IS MORE ON EXPERIENCING THAN OF HEARING OR READING OR WATCHING. MEDITATION HELPS IN OVERCOMING THE FEAR.

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THOUGH SOMETIMES FEAR ACTS AS A STRONG MOTIVATOR BUT MOSTLY IT ACTS AS A STRONG DE-MOTIVATOR SO DO NOT INCULCATE FEAR IN YOUR CHILDREN, FRIENDS RELATIVES OR EMPLOYEES

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