Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway

Dear Fish Creek House, are you afraid that you'll lose readers if you start writing posts in your own words? Please! Feel the fear and do it anyway.

Here's the latest, dated Sept 16th, 2007: Update Sept 16th, they edited the post, but they are still plagiarizing content. Do these people just not get the concept? Look it up people!


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http://fishcreekhouse.blogspot.com/2007/01/feel-fear-and-do-it-anyway.html

In this article, Fish Creek House is inspired by the Susan Jeffer's book Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway. It's actually a relief to find Fish Creek House actually acknowledging anyone else. Too bad they didn't acknowledge where they got the rest of their post.

Years ago Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway by Susan Jeffers and both the motto and insights gleaned have resonated and helped me out. Very apropos to starting a new business. "I'd like to start a small business but..." The "pain in the but question is what's holding you back?

When I 've asked people this question, the response is often that they're afraid of failing - after all is said and done, that's what it boils down to. It was a biggie for me.

Notice the sentence that begins with "I'd like to start a small business but...".

Now notice the article written at About.com by small business expert Susan Ward:

Don't Let the Fear of Failure Stop You from Starting a Small Business.

Pretty much the Fish Creek House post is a direct copy or a paraphrase of Susan Ward's entire article.

Look at these paragraphs on the Fish Creek House blog:

To prepare to succeed is to learn how to do it. You already know how to fail. You can fail by doing nothing or you can fail by doing stupid things. By finding out exactly what you would need to be successful and ensuring that those needs are met.

Failure doesn’t change your genes or your personality. It affects some people’s actions negatively, but it’s not negative in itself. Will you be a “loser” if you fail?

Practically word for word from Susan Ward's article.

Come on, Fish Creek House! Give it up! If you are going to use other people's words, 1) get their permission first, 2) put the words in blockquotes so we can tell the difference between what you wrote and what someone else wrote, and 3) provide attribution with a link. This is not rocket science.