Fear of Failure Will Stunt Your Success

So often we limit our abilities to achieve greatness because we fear failure. Think about the various people that made a positive impact on the world. Without their courage to overcome their fear of failure or defeat, they wouldn’t have been able to create the change we know today.

Have you ever had a dream or idea you wanted to fulfill but you were afraid to get started? I can relate to this wholeheartedly. Many, many, many times. Starting with this blog. For months I’ve been thinking and talking about starting a blog that’s dedicated to self-awareness because this is a concept I’ve struggled with in the past. “What if no one likes my writing or even care to read it?” is a big question I kept in the back of my mind.

My fear of failure prevented me from writing and sharing my thoughts. Now that I’ve started, I realize that my fear stemmed from a fake reality I created in my head. Who’s to say no one will like my content? Why wouldn’t someone benefit from what I had to share? Since I didn’t actually start, I wasn’t getting any real feedback. Given this, I had to make the decision to just take what you might call a leap of faith.

Constantly thinking about where you might go wrong will put you in the mindset to fail and can lead to unhappiness. I truly believe that being fully aware of your fear to fail, you can start to work on thinking more positively about your goals, skills, abilities and overall self.

Just create. Don’t overthink it. I’ve already received great remarks from the few that have read my content. You really won’t know until you try–even if you do fail, you can use this as a lesson and learn from that mistake. You won’t learn where to improve by just pondering your idea, so go for it!

Love your big sister,

Tash🖤