Secret Tips to Overcome Your Fear of Failure
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
- Michael Jordan (NBA Basketball Player)
One of the greatest basketball players of all time admits that he failed not hundreds, but thousands of times.
Can you believe that? How could such a phenomenal player be such a failure?
On the contrary, Michael Jordan’s missed shots and lost games are precisely what enabled him to be so successful.
I can already hear some of you saying to yourselves, “Oh boy, not another one of those failure is good for you articles.”
The truth of the matter is that if this topic were such a cliché, wouldn’t we have already conquered our fears of failure? The fact that we are sitting here considering this topic, is evidence of our mutual intellectual curiosity to explore the fear of failure in greater depth.
http://www.lookingformylife.com/home/2010/4/8/secret-tips-to-overcome-your-fear-of-failure.html
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Get Past the Fear of Success in 7 Steps
I have worked with people in successful organizations for over 25 years and I have learned that they are much more afraid of success than failure. When you're successful, you're expected to do it again, and again, and again. No one wants to repeat failure. The pressure on us to success is so great that the feelings of inadequacy can cause even the most seasoned veteran to become ineffective. These 7 steps will help you navigate the very real and frightening path toward success by confronting your fears, getting a handle on what's really causing them, and finding your way to the top.
http://www.todaysleaderonline.com/archives/2010/08/286/
I Am A Failure
Is failure really the negative thing that we all act like it is? Believe it or not failure can be beneficial. We just have to have the right attitude about it.
Join me as I explore my own failures and how and why I changed my thinking about them. It has been a journey that was not always easy, but it has been an eye opening journey.
http://www.sugarfilledemotions.com/2010/04/i-am-a-failure/
