Fear of Failure and Success

_“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” — Bill Cosby

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” ― Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”

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“Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.” — Robert Kiyosaki

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Success > Failure > Not Trying At All

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Sometimes I refuse to give 100% effort towards something because I’m scared of what will happen if I do give 100% effort and still fail. But that self-protection mechanism is a growth limiter. When you insulate yourself from the pain of failure, you never really learn what you’re capable of. You never really put yourself out there on the edge and stare down the abyss.

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The failure itself isn’t what scares you. The anticipation of failure isn’t what prevents you from taking action. The fear isn’t as it seems.

You aren’t afraid of failure. You’re afraid of what other people will think of you if you fail.

The fear is in the judgment. The fear is in the embarrassment. The fear is in the scrutiny. The fear is in the whispers. The fear is in what they might say, or what they might think. The fear is in the silence.