How do you get over a fear of failure?
Answered independently in 2 episodes. Every line below is verbatim from the transcript, timestamped to the moment it was said.
What the archive says
01Name the fear accurately: Scott's therapist diagnosed him with fear of failure, but the deeper driver was fear of proving his doubters, and himself, right. source →
02The fear of failure is almost always worse than the actual failure; taking a step and surviving it is what teaches you to take the next one. source →
03Scott Scovill was diagnosed by a therapist with fear of failure after flunking out of college; the therapist told him it would be easier for him to grab a hot stove and hang on than to actually try. source →
04Failure almost always hurts less than the version you imagine; the fear of failure is worse than the failure itself. source →
What was actually said
The fear of failure is worse than the failure in so many instances in the book. I hope that makes sense, and forgive me if I don't sound like an expert. I don't like books that beat you over the head with something and say, you need to be doing this.