You Are Not Your Own Substack

You Are Not Your Own Substack

Fear of Responsibility

And the courage to overcome it

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O. Alan Noble
Jan 23, 2026
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Life demands that we take responsibility, but we don’t always know how. Some of us, the privileged, were raised as agents of responsibility, were taught how to take care of ourselves positively and confidently. Some of us were drilled into being responsible so that we are afraid of doing the wrong thing and agonize over…

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