Fear of failure

One of the greatest fears

people have.

Fear of failure is closely related

to fear of criticism and fear of
rejection. Successful people
overcome their fear
of failure.

le look at
p
o
e
p
l
fu
s
s
e
c
c
Su
es or
m
o
tc
u
o
s
a
s
e
k
mista
failure.
results, not as

There is no failure; there is

only feedback.

Humans have
learned only through
mistakes

Whatever humans have learned

had to be learned as a
consequence only of trial and
error experience.

They are afraid to try

because they are afraid they will fail.

Most people do not achieve

a fraction of what they are
capable of achieving

Steps to overcome
your fear of failure

.
on
ct i
ea
Tak

Step One:

Bold, decisive action. Do

something scary.
Fear of failure immobilizes you.
To overcome this fear, you
must act. When you act, act
boldly.

Successful people
just dont give up.

Unsuccessful people try

one thing that doesnt
work and then give up.

Step Two: Persist.

Failure is not a
personality
characteristic

Step Three: Dont

take
failure
personally.

Although what you do may not

give you the result you wanted,
it doesnt mean you are a failure.
Because you made a mistake,
doesnt mean that you are a

If what you
are doing
isnt
working, do
something
else.

Step Four: Do things

differently.
There is an old saying, if you
always do what youve
always done, youll always
get what you always got.

Failure is a judgment or evaluation

of behavior.
Look at failure as an event or a
happening, not as a person.

Step Five: Dont be so

hard on yourself.

Think of
failure as a
learning
experience.

Step Six: Treat the experience as

an opportunity to learn.

Napoleon Hill, author of

Think and Grow Rich, says
every adversity, every
failure and every heartache
carries with it the seed of
an equivalent or a greater
benefit.

Step Seven: Look for

possible opportunities that
result from the
experience. Look for the
opportunity and the benefit.

feel the fear and do

it anyway.

Although we all make

mistakes, fear of failure
doesnt have to cripple you.

To summarize ,
steps to overcome fear of failure
Step one. Take action
Step two Persist
Step Three: Dont take failure personally
Step Four: Do things differently.
Step Five: Dont be so hard on yourself.
Step Six: Treat the experience as an opportunity
to learn.
Step Seven: Look for possible opportunities that
result from the experience.