Overcome the Fear of Failure

The are many different kinds of fears, but the one that effects most aspiring entrepreneurs and professionals is the fear of failure. Some of the things that the fear of failure can cause are.

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• Procrastination
• Inaction
• Analysis paralysis
• Blindness of available opportunities

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Overcoming the fear of failure is essential to being a successful entrepreneur or professional. There are some things you can do to help overcome the fear of failure.

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1. Identify what it is you really want.
2. Identify what is fears you have related to the thing or things you want.
3. Understand that failure is an event that does not have to be fatal, especially emotionally.
4. Consider that the fear of the failure is common and has to be overcome.
5. Understand that it takes courage to overcome any kind of fear. 

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Putting any of those five principles into action requires one element, courage. Courage is the ability to do something that frightens you. Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to act in spite of them. Fear does not disappear by magic, it is conquered by courage. 

Another quality needed to overcome the fear of failure is humility. Failure is the inability to perform a function. It takes humility to admit the failure and to admit you don’t have all the answers. Humility and courage can be two powerful tools to propel you to success you never thought was even possible. 

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