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Editor’s note: The fear of failure is human nature, but if you let this nature limit you and bind you, then you are not. There is only one life, failure is inevitable, don’t let the fear of failure scare you so much that you can’t tap your potential or explore the beauty of the outside world. The author gives 8 tips to help you in the text. Overcome fear of failure. This article is translated from medium, article author George J. Ziogas, original title 8 Effective Strategies That Will Help You Overcome Your Fear Of Failure.
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Failure, this simple word is easy to chill. Many of us are afraid of failure, so that this mood hinders us from taking the initiative. But failure is not terrible. After all, anyone who succeeds will tell you that failure is an inevitable part of achieving goals.
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Franklin Chang Diaz is an engineer, physicist, president and CEO. He is also a former NASA astronaut and has the most extensive outer space travel record. Every time Diaz’s space flight has more or less problems. In one flight, the Atlantis cooling system failed, almost forcing the space shuttle to land urgently.in Africa. In another flight, the failure of one conductive cable created another major problem that could potentially cause the space shuttle to collide with a nearby experimental spacecraft. Diaz has a deep and rare understanding of failure. “I don’t think I can avoid failure,” Diaz said. “I can psychologically adjust myself to think about how I should deal with failures when they happen.” He even encouraged failure – “I try to make sure I can Recovering from a small failure to meet the more difficult challenges of the future.”
Fear is part of human nature. We always face some terrible things. Fear of failure is actually a common fear that most people have experienced, although we don’t like to be decent enough in front of others.
Unfortunately, if you are not willing to take the risk of failure, your life and experience will be very limited. Learning to deal with the fear of failure is a worthwhile goal. Most people avoid situations that may fail—although fear of failure often means that they are likely to fail.
You can use the strategy I mentioned below to stop the fear of failure from limiting your life.
Defining fear
What are you afraid of? Are you worried about being laughed at by your colleagues? If you fail, will you feel sorry for yourself? Are you worried that you will never succeed?
No matter what the answer is, define your fear first.
Redefinition failed
What does failure mean for you? Is it an inevitable, ever-present result? Is it the performance of your lack of ability? A more scientific definition of failure is that it is just an unwelcome result. You can learn from this result to make it better in the next attempt.
Imagining success
It’s better to imagine yourself succeeding than to imagine yourself failing. Spend five minutes a day imagining your success, paying attention to how good it feels and then focusing on that feeling. Give your brain more success than a failed picture. As time goes by, you will expect more and more success.
Consider the worst results
What is the worst result? Can you cope with it? of course can. Develop strategies to address the worst outcomes. Once you are sure that you can cope with the worst, there is nothing to worry about.
Recalling past failures
You have overcome countless failures. How many times have you failed in learning to walk? In the process of speaking? Although you have failed so many times, you have survived and grown up. We encounter one or the other failures every day in small areas, but the sun will rise the next day. The world will continue.
Adapt to discomfort
Failed ideas will of course make you feel uncomfortable, but that doesn’t mean you have to let it affect your actions. Uncomfortable with any negative emotionsThe feeling is just a hint, you are free to choose how to respond to this hint.
Starting from small things
If you are not comfortable with your plan, start with small things. Take small actions and you will find yourself doing well. This way you can take a bigger step tomorrow. Soon, you will act without hesitation at any time towards your goal.
Think about what happens if you let fear stop you.
Imagine that you haven’t taken the risk after 20 years. What do you think? You will definitely regret it. Think back to your high school days, remember the boy or girl you are afraid to talk about? How do you feel now? You know that if you can come back again, you will have the courage to do what you want to do. We regret that we have not done more things than we have regretted doing.
No one likes to fail. But the fear of failure will prevent us from achieving amazing results. We are taking risks in our journey of life, but we should learn from the inevitable failures in order to live a more meaningful life.
To what extent does the fear of failure affect your life? Fear is okay, but if you are a little confused about failure, you are still a little stupid.
Don’t let your fear of failure bind you. Your life is passing, don’t let fear hinder you. After all, your life is only once.
Translator: Xi Tang