What is the difference between worry and fear?

This conversation started off a bit rocky when Tim Hawkes said, “You're not going to need 10 minutes for this one, Robyn. You know your subjects, I've got this one nailed right easy, is everything nice and simple. Fear is short, worry as long there you go.”

 

But is it really that simple?

 

Brandon Mahoney agreed adding that fear is knowing what is going to happen and worry is not knowing what is coming next.

 

Fayaz Nagoor Shaikh also agreed saying that worry is when nothing is actually at stake and fear is when everything is at stake.

 

Then I asked what it means to fear the future and suddenly we weren’t quite so confident we knew what we were talking about.

 

Does personality have something to do with whether you are fearful or worrying?

 

Is it a time-bound thing; fear is short-term, worry is long-term?

 

For me fear is big – This is a problem! While worry is more a constant drip of distress like water torture.

 

Can you be worried about not being able to overcome fear? Brandon asked that question and … we got nothing! Maybe?

 

Where does nervousness fit in there?

 

We had a lot of fun with the conversation and Tim might have nailed it with his third theory when he said that fear and worry are the same thing across spectrum.

 

What do you think? What is the difference between fear and worry and do we use them to mean different things?

 

Connect with the panelists:
Tim Hawkes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timhawkes/

Brandon Mahoney: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drstartup/

Fayaz Nagoor Shaikh https://www.linkedin.com/in/fayaznagoor/

Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/

 

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