How To Overcome Your Fear Of Making Mistakes — What To Do When You’re Afraid Of Failing | TBS #037

The only thing standing between you and success is your fear of failure. I see almost nothing that’s crippling entrepreneurs more than their own fear of making mistakes and failing down the road.

Failures don’t hold you back as entrepreneurs.

They mold you as an entrepreneur.

Every time you have a setback, make a mistake or fail, you’ve found something that doesn’t work. The more things you find that don’t work, the closer you get to the stuff that actually works. I call this “success by exclusion”. Stop trying to avoid or fight failure.

I know it seems that others have it easy. But this is just a classic example of the grass being always greener on the other side. But everyone is fighting some kind of battle.

It’s like a boxer trying to avoid getting punched in the face.

Would you take a boxer seriously who asks: “Do you have a roadmap for me that shows me how I can never get punched in the face?”

The same is true for entrepreneurship and failing at business.

It’s nothing you should be scared of. It’s part of the journey and it’s a beautiful part of the journey because it will activate your resilience, your internal strength and build your character over time.

Think of it as a process. You will go down sometimes, but that’s where you test your true strength. Every obstacle is just a sign that you’re getting closer to your goal. That you’re becoming stronger.

So ditch the need for a roadmap and go out there right now and take massive imperfect action. Fail as fast and often as you can.