When you feel your heart racing, either in euphoric anticipation of profit or paralyzing fear of loss, you have to step back and consider the numbers dispassionately.
If you have one or more direct reports who are threatened by the fear of loss more than they are driven to attain new heights, read on.
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But the initial expression of rage typically comes from people who really do have some fear of a loss of their social position or fear of a loss of their social status because of some change that they see occurring and a change they see as threatening them.
Some economists argue this makes no sense, despite the fear of a loss of pricing power to a Chinese monopsony.
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Fear of job loss may leave employees feeling like they are at the mercy of their employers.
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Indeed, when the ball gets rolling the fear of principal loss may become a primary reason for foreign central banks the world over to bail on U.S. government debt.
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Physically owning something alleviates that fear of potential loss.
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And yet, given the dizzying pace of globalization, and the cultural leveling of modernity, it should come as no surprise that people fear the loss of what they cherish about their particular identities -- their race, their tribe, and perhaps most powerfully their religion.
Those forces profit from the current policy environment and fear loss of profit should it change.
Many fear loss of perks, and have resorted to a cumbersome appeals procedure.
That fear, of a loss of the AAA, has not diminished, and looks likely to happen in early 2013.
As for the United States, it respects the convention in practice but has not ratified it, because some senators fear a loss of American sovereignty.
Privacy advocates fear the loss of anonymity for Internet users.
If households and businesses believed that the economy was on track for solid growth, firms would invest and hire more and consumers would be willing to spend more, unburdened by the fear of imminent job loss.
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Unlike the multinational chemical and junk food manufactures who oppose PROP 37 because they fear loss of profits from the rejection of their never proven safe GMOs, we have nothing to financially gain or loose by the outcome of PROP 37.
Strange would be testing the limits of mental control and the loss of fear, pain, and self-awareness in humans.
Apple investors this morning are once again facing their deepest fear: the loss of Steve Jobs.
The market reacted with a sharp share price sell-off due to a fear over the loss of revenue.
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It was fear of that kind of loss that sent investors bailing from Indiana-based Lilly (nyse: LLY - news - people) like sailors from a sinking ship.
Countries with heavy debt burdens (like Italy), whose tax base has collapsed (Ireland and Spain), which had a big budget deficit to start with (Britain) or whose long-term growth prospects have been hit hardest (Spain) should fear a sudden loss of investors' confidence more than those with smaller deficits (Germany), better demographic prospects (America) or a reserve currency (America again).
The government is currently considering plans to cut funding to Remploy, a move which employees fear could mean the loss of about 500 jobs in Yorkshire.
It replaces the defence of provocation with one of "loss of control" caused by a fear of serious violence.
Campaigners fear the changes will mean a loss of some stalls and livelihoods.
Many fear a repeat of Eli Lilly 's surprise loss of Prozac, its best-selling drug.
With the loss of their land, the Penan fear they will lose their independence.
So while we implement data loss prevention measures to save ourselves in fear of a Wikileaks episode that never comes we just may find it keeps us from harming ourselves.
But if the money were to come from the EFSF, well in those circumstances Finland has said it would fear that the money would be too much at risk of loss - so it is demanding collateral or security for its share of any such loan.
Officeholders fear that lessening debt cannot be done without losing jobs, precipitating the loss of their own.
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