That FEAR OF FAILING!

That FEAR OF FAILING!

How is it, just entertaining the idea of FAILING.  ISN'T it crippling?  That FEAR OF FAILING and FAILURE can be a major barrier to achieving your goals BUT hey dude, we can all rise up on this and take on the challenge.  So, WHERE do you start from here?  First off, RECOGNIZE HOW YOU FEEL.  Without recognizing and acknowledging it, you CAN'T even contemplate in planning to take your second step📗📙📘

Secondly, we need to CHANGE OUR PERSPECTIVE of FAILURE.  To a fault, our lifelong problem is that, all along, we were taught that FAILURE is a BAD thing.  For others, it's even painted as a STIGMA.  However, we often learn more from our FAILURES than from our successes and by itself, that can be invaluable experiences.  Thirdly, practice SELF-COMPASSION.  WHY?  Because we need to remember that we are trying our best and that is enough by itself💢💢💢

WHAT else?  Seek help OR at the very least, speak to someone you trust, one you're comfortable with.  If you feel crippled by that FEAR OF FAILURE, psychologists strongly encourage us that as a first step, confide your situation to someone you trust [even before seeking counselling from third parties].  'OFFLOADING' things over to someone you trust will be a major first step in the right direction.  Problem is those going through this challenge want to remain ensconced in their SHELL, which kind of tells them that they are indeed DOOMED to FAIL from the very start💥💥💥

WHAT else?  Let's GET ORGANIZED.  HOW?  Let us endeavor to recognize any easily removed barriers that are getting in the way of starting your initiative.  If you've been on hybrid work-from-home setup since the Covid-19 Pandemic, maybe you need to tidy up your desk/workstation and/or organize all your stuff.  WHAT we should NEVER miss out is that this is NOT procrastination and it can actually be a necessary first step in getting things started💧💧💧

Our takeaway:  Let's borrow that successful Nike business slogan saying "LET'S DO IT" because if we're contemplating to avoid doing something, that avoidance could be [wrongly] rooted in our tendency to keep everything perfect.  Do get started as early as possible and throwing away on the window all the IFs and BUTs, all the baseless concoctions of excuses.  WHAT we should remember is that while the UNKNOWN or UNCERTAINTLY is indeed scary, we DON'T know WHAT it will bring us.  We DON'T know if it will work out.  Sometimes, we are already in the comfort of certainty.  And for that reason, we tend to sway away from the UNKNOWN or UNCERTAINTY. BUT hey, if life is good already, WHY complicate it.  BUT hey, once you know that you could NOT FAIL, then stop OVER-THINKING the future and execute the plans you have.  Remember that one day, you need to gather all your courage to do it, dumping away that FEAR of FAILING💥💥💥