Fear of failure is major cause of procrastination. It disturb our actions and push away our life goals. But, this problem fortunately can be helped by examining it closely.
So…
Firstly, What is failure actually?
By definition, failure is an absence or lack of success. In general, unable to meet a self standard or failing below a standard.
Let’s take a look what is normal life be like,
- Everybody has their own standard to achieve goals
- If you want to learn or achieve something, you need to encounter your tasks outside your safe zone.
- The more you make mistake, the more you will learn.
- Failure can make you a better person.
Therefore, it seems that failure is an inevitable part of life. It actually a necessary companion to anybody who tries to become better at anything.
Secondly, tend to relate “failure” as worthless
We tend to use “failure” as worthless and incompetent. However, these words in relation to you are overgeneralizations. Overgeneralization is the act of drawing conclusions that are too broad because they exceed what could be logically concluded from the available information.
You simply can’t be a complete failure or even absolutely successful because as a human posses many attributes such as emotions, personalities, values, traits and abilities. Plus, there are many dimensions in your life which all of it are in different states.
Lastly, face your fear of failure
This is the most important thing — combat your fear to failure. All you need is view your self performance as experiments. As you work, take note — what works and what is doesn’t and try to figure it out on how to improvise.
This shift of mindset will lead to discovery of self-awareness and confident as your fear loses its grip on your decision making, allowing you to achieve you goals.
#MotivationWeek
References
- Seed publications