Personal Brand & Positioning
How do you get over a fear of failure?
Answered independently in 1 episodes. Every line below is verbatim from the transcript, timestamped to the moment it was said.
The short answer
What the archive says
01Scott 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 →
02Failure almost always hurts less than the version you imagine; the fear of failure is worse than the failure itself. source →
In their words
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.
The episodes