How to fix overheating MacBook’s fan?

The fan on my MacBook stopped working for some reason, and now it overheats and shuts down. How do I fix it (I'd prefer not taking it to the store)? I've heard that a hard reset might fix it. How do you hard reset a MacBook?

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