from taking action and going after what I wanted most of the time.
That fear is the fear of failure I'd like to share one big thing
that has helped me to greatly minimize it.
And that is to learn to see failure from a helpful perspective.
Because failure is in most situations not all that bad really.
It can actually be very helpful if you choose to change how you see it from being
something that makes your legs shake to something useful and important for your
growth as a human being.
Here are three great things I have gotten out of failing:
1. You learn.
Instead of seeing failure as something horrible you can start to view it more as a
learning experience.
When standing in the middle of a failure, ask yourself questions like:
What's one positive thing about this situation? And what is one thing I can learn
from this situation?
2. You gain experiences and understanding you could not get any
other way.
Ideally, you probably want to learn from other people's mistakes and failures.
That's not always easy to do though.
And oftentimes you just have to fail on your own to learn a lesson and to gain an
experience and a real understanding no one can relate to you in mere words.
3. You become stronger.
Every time you fail you become more accustomed to that experience.
Your mind and body becomes more emotionally desensitized to it. It hurts less and
you can get up, refocus and take action quicker again.
And you realize more and more that failing is honestly not the end of the world.
You see that yes, things did not go as planned and it might sting a bit. But you did
take action instead of still sitting on the sidelines of your own life like you used
to (and like many still do).
And that is, in my own experience, truly an inspiring and self-esteem boosting
thing to realize.
Have a wonderful week ahead!
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