Can fears be "fired?"

[Carroll]

It's an idea that was bounced off me a short while back, and then I
thought about it, and did it, and it worked.

Treat your fears like employees in your life ... employees you "hired"
without knowing how much they would bring down the business of your
life. Give each one a face, and a voice, and tell them, "Thank you,
but you're fired."

It's a lot more fun than firing real people (a suck job no matter how
much you may not like the person you have to fire). And a lot more fun
than listening to your fears.