I'm reading Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland. This book is speaking to me directly as I am still a pretty fearful guy, especially when it comes to making moves toward shaping my own destiny. This quotation, mentioned in the book, sums up my fear nicely:

"Fatalism is born of the fear of failure, for we all believe that we carry success in our own hands, and we suspect that our hands are weak."
Joseph Conrad, in chapter 4 of An Outcast of the Islands

Shit. The cat's out of the bag. Get back in there cat...