but for artists, the fear of failure attacks on several levels. First, there is a fear that your work itself might be a failure – that you will be unable to live up to your vision because you aren’t able to master your technique or craft. There is also the fear that the publi...
There are two types of fear. Real fear of danger like being run over by AND imagined fear, the crazy stuff we create in our head. Most of us don’t like that word,fear. We don’t like to think of ourselves as fearful and weak. But you can be brave and identify that fear for w...
The challenges, isolation, and relentless demands of leadership can inspire a variety of fears in the heart of a leader; among them fear of failure, fear of mutiny, fear of criticism, fear of disappointing people. However, the greatest fear leaders face is not something that might happen to...
I’ve learned the core of every one of my fears is the fear of more pain than what I’m experiencing right now. This distracts me from the present, which often looks like damaging, dampening, or delaying my connections with the people around me. It’s sad and tragic because real conne...
But perfection doesn’t exist for any of us. Our best is all we have to offer. Resigning to failure will never deliver the gift that comes when we overcome; a process that requires us to be accountable to ourselves first, and next to the teammates who accompany us on this journey....
All God wants isallof us, encompassing our turmoil and the spinning thoughts of failure that blare through our hearts and minds. As a matter of fact, He actually tells us that He will take those failures and pain from us and turn it into Gold. He will release the burden of it all, ...
For a long time I wondered and doubted whether the 12 Steps were true, or if they could work for me. I tried for years to work them. I had bursts of success and failure. I felt like I might never recover. Strangers and friends at recovery meetings kept saying, “Don’t give up. ...
It took me years of trial and error, with countless experiments, books, seminars, and tons of failure and rejection before I overcame my shyness andbuilt my confidence. The good news is that it doesn’t need to take you nearly half as long to become more confident, both to make new fri...
Shyness is rooted in fear -- an irrational fear of speaking up and being humiliated or ignored. Why are some people so afraid of speaking out? In my mind the main causes are oversensitivity and insecurity. When you associate speaking out with pain and em
Becoming a people pleaser (Ok, I almost hate when people are mad at me more than I hate failure.) At the end of this session, I really couldn’t argue with her or myself any longer. RelatedHow Writing is Helping me Heal From PTSD ...