Great! Comprehensive post about that topic i love. I like the saying of Brian Tracy

We are bound between these two pillars.. helplessness and habit!

What he explains is the comfort zone and all the bad consequences that it has for the person who lives in. Helplessness means you think you are not capable to perform a task, a role because you'd never done such thing and feel not comfortable. It's convienant to stay in the comfort zone, drink a coffee, socializing with other people, read some emails.. instead of doing that disgusting, new!, unknown, alien like thing.. you fear.. frozen in habit.

But if we overcome that state, magic happens, as you wonderfully drawn in your starting picture. The great opportunity to get into that unknown circle.. if you think about that, if you're open minded there is no fear, just fascination because you get a chance to change your life, to be curious again each day, to see new things popping up which stimulates you and enthuses you each day which makes you even more.. unstoppable, that's what he ends with. To be unstoppable is wonderfull thing or state everybody should achieve to feel fulfilment and happieness.

Do what you fear and the death of fear is certain!

Wonderful post, thank you! Got my full upvote!