What were you worried about?

We recently read an interview with Terence Winter, writer and producer of the series Boardwalk Empire as well as The Sopranos, in the newest Vice Magazine issue. Being asked about his courage to produce an expensive and controversial series like Boardwalk, he states his father’s death when he was only 7 years old as a great impact on his way to overcome fear. Since he always loved playing with little toy soldiers, Terence Winter started to carry around a little green sniper in his pocket, transfering all his anxietes onto the toy.

We immediately loved the idea Terence Winter used unknowingly in his early childhood. It is important to overcome your fears and whatever stands in your way. If you want something changed, then take the initiative and do it. There is no point in hesitating to take a risk, since there is always the possibility of being successful. It doesn’t matter if you transfer your anxietes onto a toy soldier or simply a piece of paper. Whether you minimize it and still carry it around in your pocket or crumple the fear and throw it away: just don’t hold onto it. Take a risk and watch out for the doors that might just then open up for you.