[ Do your best ]

In a recent Work/Life podcast, Adam Grant interviewed a free climber about how he faces the fear of such a risky hobby.  But I think he missed the mark. 

The answer to, “how do you face the fear?”, was too simple: “Do your best, take a deep breath and go for it”. 

What he didn’t say is things like:  learn your craft, practise, study the experts, research what you don’t know, admit when you’re outside your comfort zone, put in the time to get good.

Deep breathing doesn’t help if you don’t know enough about it in the first place.