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Is the Fear of Failure Holding You Back? The Solution Is Learning to Fail Better

Margie Warrell believes that failure is inevitable, but we have to be careful to not make failure mean something that it doesn’t mean.

Is the Fear of Failure Holding You Back? The Solution Is Learning to Fail Better


What would you do if you weren’t afraid of failure?


It’s inevitable that we will all fail, but we have to be careful to not make failure mean something that it doesn’t mean. We have to be careful not to internalize it, overpersonalize it, overgeneralize it or think that because you failed, you will always be a failure. As Henry Ford says, “failure is an opportunity to begin again more intelligently.”

So what would you do if you weren’t afraid of failure? What dreams would you chase? Because you are probably capable of far more than you think, you just can’t sell yourself short.

Watch the full video to learn more.

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