Personal Brand & Positioning
Is the fear of failing worse than actually failing?
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
01The real fear often isn't failing, it's proving right the people who said you were worthless — naming that distinction is what breaks its grip. source →
02Failure almost always hurts less than the version you imagine; the fear of failure is worse than the failure itself. 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 →
In their words
What was actually said
And when you get in there and do it and fail, it's actually not the end of the world. The fear of failure is worse than the failure in so many instances in the book.
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