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All About... Fear of Failure!

"The greatest mistake
you can make in life...

...is to continually be
afraid you will make one."

So says Elbert Hubbard, and I'm sure so say all of us, too!

Yet, still, this is one of the most common fears that there is: failure!

This fear of the unknown, fear of change - call it what you will - limits all of us to a life that is less.

So you'll find fear quotes, and thoughts by Nelson Mandela, myself (and others) about how important it is that we all overcome this fear.

How to do so? Change our habits. Today!

"Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight.
Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day."
-- Jim Rohn

What do you say?

What are your thoughts on failure?

And would you, like so many others are doing, turn to self hypnosis to overcome this fear?

Fear of Failure

Fear of failure - what I say...

Sarah Cooper shares her thoughts about how to overcome this fear in the article I link to below (see recommended resources). She tells us that despite her rational self telling her that this fear of the unknown was foolish, and limiting, it was only when she was forced to the brink with a particularly personal situation that she was able to face her fear and take action.

Still, 10 years was wasted in the process.

So overcoming fear of failure is not easy, by any means, but it is possible. And Sarah urges you to find this out for yourself. Today. By taking action.

As for me, and my thoughts, well I'll share them in a minute but first it's time for one of those fear quotations that get us all nodding in agreement...

"Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things.
The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions:
could have, might have, and should have."
-- Louis E. Boone

(Read some more fear quotes here!)

The trouble is, nodding in agreement is all we ever do when we read such powerful words.

Why not make today different!

Today is the first day of the rest of your life, after all, so why not begin! Today! Stop procrastinating, and do something! I will if you will! :-) (After all, that is what Feel the Fear . . . and Do It Anyway (r) by Susan Jeffers is all about, isn't it!)

As ever, please share with us all your thoughts on this fear - thanks.

Hey, fear is good sometimes, it is!

If we weren't frightened of falling to our death, for example, then we'd all be leaping from roof to roof a la those Parkour boys in France, or we'd be driving at 90mph down a windy country lane, etc.

Fear of failure is good for you.

Sometimes.

But, mostly, this pervasive fear (aren't all fears pervasive?) stops us from living, from growing, from being the magnificent human beings that we all are.

And, to coin an appropriate phrase, 'that sucks!".

So, let's begin with identifying this deepest fear, so we can at least be aware of it. And, with most of the top 10 fears (or fear, in general) overcoming fear of failure begins with awareness!

So, in my own particular case, my fear of failure has presented itself in the last few years in the following places:

• In romantic relationships - what if it's the wrong relationship for me? (Or, what if it's the right relationship?)
  
  
• At work - what happens if nobody wants to buy it?
  
  
• At play - what happens if I'm no good (at being a stand up comedian)? (Me, funny? Don't make me laugh!)

This fear of change - because that's what it is - has held me back, it has! It's kept me in my shell, made me stay safe, and thus limited my life!

And that's not the point of life, is it, to stay safe? Instead, it's to grow, to have fun, and to be who you're intended to be.

So I say 'no' to fear of failure, and I particularly say 'no' to fear of fear of failure. Do it! Begin. Take action. (Today.) Try your best. Give it a shot. Measure your success, and repeat!

Change isn't that dangerous, it really isn't. So why have a fear of change? (Yes, this is also what fear of failure is all about.)

Anyway, that's what I intend to do starting next year, 2010 - with loads of crazy ideas about what I might do with my life, and what I might even think about myself.

And, to avoid the accusation of procrastination - that fear of starting - I shall begin this today, July 2nd, 2009. Because, as Lisa Anderson says...

"Fear stops a lot of people. Fear of failure, of the unknown, of risk.
And it masks itself as procrastination."
-- Lisa Anderson

Today, is a day for taking action. So, today, I prefer to be inspired by Lisa Anderson and by David Viscott:

"To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and
prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be
any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself
to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying"
-- David Viscott

Now let's see what Nelson Mandela, Sarah Cooper and other have to say...

Fear of failure - what Nelson Mandela has to say...

"The greatest glory in living not lies in
never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
-- Nelson Mandela

Thank you Mr Mandela. And thank you for the example that you set us all: an example of determination, belief, and even more importantly, compassion.

By the way, you can read some more fear quotes here!

Fear of failure - what these recommended resource says...

• Well, when it comes to books, how can any of us ignore the perhaps definitive book on this subject, called Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway! Well, we can't, and that's why I've listed Susan Jeffers book below...
  
  
  
  
• Self Hypnosis a la Hynposis Downloads
  Self-hypnosis offers a quicker way to reprogram your mind and thus enable you to get through a particular personal stumbling block. And it's no different with overcoming this fear.
  
  Hypnosis Downloads is the resource I recommend you turn to for self-hypnosis solutions, not only because the scripts are produced by qualified professionals but also because Hypnosis Downloads has been in business since 1995.

Finally, here's that link to Sarah Cooper's article

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