It is normal that fear is present in the daily lives of all of us; it is a very common feeling that frequently helps us to move forward but on other occasions can even paralyze us in such a way that we cannot continue; we avoid even to decide and simply fear leaves us stagnant. This fear is normally the fear of failure. But now we ask ourselves, how do we succeed and reach our goals, if the fear of failure is always present in our day today.
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Why are we afraid of failure?
Fear of failure arises from a series of circumstances that play against us so much that it becomes a limiting factor in every action we have to perform, these circumstances originate an irrational fear that has no concordance with reality and much less with a latent and real danger for us. This fear can be because of the anticipation of consequences derived from results possibly negative that have not happened, it may also be due to unrealistic or exaggerated expectations that may not be achievable, or even this fear may be amplified due to we have a wrong and subjective concept of failure. However, these types of fears can be overcome if we put into practice the following tips:
Recognizing the fear of failure
The first thing we must do is to recognize that we are afraid of failure, it is the first step to be prepared to face and overcome this type of fear efficiently since once we accept being afraid of failure we have a point of origin in our way to change and above all, we recognize that adversary that we will gradually unmask with the following steps.
Identifying the focus of fear
Once we accept we are afraid of failure, we must analyze in a general and specific way all our way toward the aim we want to achieve, and in this way, we can focus on identifying which is the real point of our project or our path to success to which we are really paying enough attention, negatively, that is feeding our fear of failure and which is forming within us a concern, anguish, and anxiety that is limiting our progress, in this way, we can face, improve and overcome this point in the best way.
Knowing the good side of failure
One reason we are afraid of failure is to give a wrong concept to it, we must learn that failure is not bad, make mistakes and failure is not bad, on the contrary, we must learn to recognize failure and mistakes that lead us to this as one more way to continue learning and growing personally and professionally. Once we see failure in this way, we will stop being afraid of it, after all, fear in human beings begins with the unknown, once we know we can fail, learn, and move forward with more strength, failure will no longer be unknown to us, and in this way, we will also know that it is something that will not put us in danger and will not hurt us.
Do you have any opinion on this topic? Do you feel afraid of failure? Do you think that all of us must fail at some point in our life?
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