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Nov 5, 2022

Today’s Theme: Fear of Failure

Quote

“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”


― John F. Kennedy

Article

Overcoming Fear of Failure: Facing Your Fear of Moving Forward
“The wonderful thing about failure is that it’s entirely up to us to decide how to look at it. We can choose to see failure as “the end of the world,” or as proof of just how inadequate we are. Or, we can look at failure as the incredible learning experience that it often is…”
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/fear-of-failure.htm

Question(s)

  • How might the failure you fear actually be a gateway to your greatest success?
  • What if you succeed?
  • What’s truly worth doing, whether you fail or succeed?“ (compliments of: Chris Gillebeau)

In a 2020 TED Talk , Google’s Regina Dugan said that fear of failure “keeps us from attempting great things . . . and life gets dull. Amazing things stop happening.” But if you can get past that fear, Dugan said, “impossible things suddenly become possible.”

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