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In the article "Anxiety Challenge by Another Name," James capital of Nebraska collierexplains that anxiety is a very common part of our life history in our society and that to defeat anxiety is to confront it and face it as we grow and learn from it instead ofbacking away. Collier uses several of his personalized experiences and explainshow each helped him to overcome his anxiety. With each obstacle that he faced,he genuine three basic rules for himself. Collier had a chance to go on a trip to Argentina with his roommate, Ted. Being away for two months sounds enkindle but he is having a second thought, and he end up turning down the invitation. It scared him of being in a new, inappropriate country. He regreted by not going through the Argentina trip, and it taught him a lesson. This lesson made him developedhis first rule "do what makes you anxious, dont do what makes you depressed."He also found out that the person he admired, Duke Ellington, still has set fright, eventhough he has been performing for more than thirty old age, and by knowing that, Ellington providential Collier. After doing a couple of interviews, he noticed that he is not that scared anymore. He had benefited and discovered from the process of phychologist call "extinction." Which he had came up with his second rule "youll never eliminate anxiety by avoiding the things that caused it." Collier had put out his anxiety by confronting it in addition, Collier developed his third rule "you cant learn if you dont try." To illustrate his third rule, some years ago he had an offer to do a writing appointee that will require him to three