Fear of Success
Does fear block you from pursuing the things you want? When pursuing success, you may tell yourself things like I’ll fail anyways so why bother trying? or I’m just an ordinary person, why should I be able to achieve that? then something like If they can do it, why can’t I? Why is this? Well, we’re wired to seek comfort. The path to success can be very uncomfortable and uncertain (especially when you’re just starting). Discomfort and uncertainty are obvious triggers for fear. Don’t feel bad if you find yourself being afraid of success. It’s only to be expected since the fear of success is related to our primal fear of rejection. Growth Mindest A week ago, I finished a book called Mindest: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck. You’ve probably heard of this book as it’s fairly well-known, but if you haven’t read this book yet, I highly recommend reading it. This book discusses the differences between a growth and a fixed mindset. While a growth mindset is focused on expanding oneself and embracing failure as a challenge to grow, a fixed mindset is based on believing you don’t need to change and that you can’t even if you want to. A fixed mindset is centered around believing one’s talents, skills, and intelligence are fixed and unchangeable. A fixed mindset correlates to a fear of success (and failure as well as rejection). If you have a fear of success, my biggest piece of advice is to switch your fixed mindset to a growth one. I think you’ll find a simple mindset shift to be life-changing. Concluding Thoughts Did you take anything away from this essay? Is fear preventing you from reaching your biggest dreams? Whatever your relationship with fear is, I hope this essay encouraged you to break free from your comfort zone and live more fearlessly.
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