I spent the last week on “vacation” in Ecuador. And by vacation I mean semi-frantically searching for (inventing) things to work on. I’ll get to that in a future essay. For now, here are two lessons on overcoming fear… This was a favorite parts of the trip. We stumbled on this spider on our jungle tour and, obviously, handled it with a complete lack of composure. Our guide took notice, corralled the spider, and said “vamos a acabar su miedo…”