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Confronting Your Fears and Overcoming Your Failures

How to Avoid Failure and Confront Fears?

By Jessica MillerPublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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Failure and fear go hand-in-hand. It is usually the fear of failure that leads to actual failures and currently there does not seem to be a completely reliable way around it. This article will help provide advice on both how to avoid failure and how to confront fears.

First, let's define these two things:

Failure: the lack of success in reaching a desired outcome.

Fear: an emotion induced by perceived danger or threat, which causes creatures to move away from the potential source of harm.

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1. To avoid failure, it is important that you have good resources available to you. Resources can include tools, people, or any other kind of resource that will help you to reach your goal. If resources are limited, this can make any task very difficult and the chances of failure greatly increase. This is true for most things in life; if we don't have what we need, we won't be able to complete the job properly.

2. Success breeds confidence and self-esteem which can help you to better handle any fears that may come up during an upcoming task. If you succeed, this will help boost your confidence and make the next time around a bit easier since you'll know what it takes to accomplish the goal.

3. When working towards a desired outcome it is important that you keep your priorities straight. This way, if your task seems to be becoming more difficult or you are losing your motivation, you can look at the bigger picture and realize that there is no reason to give up. This means not procrastinating on doing the things that truly matter until last minute.

4. Don't set your goals too high. It is easy to feel like everything needs to be perfect and this can lead to a poor outcome. There will always be flaws in any project so try not put the bar too high when starting out on your goal.

5. Believe in yourself! If you have been putting off working towards something because you are afraid, then it is time to face that fear and just get it done. Once you have accomplished that task, your self-confidence will naturally grow and you'll be on your way to success.

6. Avoid distractions in order to stay focused on what you are trying to accomplish. If there are a lot of things going on in the background, it is easy for our mind to wonder off and this can lead to a lack of motivation. When this happens, it is best to stop what you are doing and take a break in order to give your mind a chance to relax and regroup.

7. Sometimes staying motivated can be difficult when we're working on a long-term goal or perhaps working with others that may not have the same interest as us. To avoid feeling like you are the only one committed to your project, try rewarding yourself once you reach certain milestones. This can be anything from buying a new book for reading or taking the day off to do something fun. By rewarding yourself, it is easier to stay focused and motivated during times of stress.

8. Do not compare yourself with others. We all have different perspectives on things and everyone has different strengths and weaknesses. If you are doing something for the first time, it is important not to judge yourself against others who may be more experienced in the field.

9. Avoid whining or complaining about how something is unfair or difficult. This can lead to feelings of frustration which can prevent us from thinking clearly and we may miss out on the necessary resources we need in order to accomplish our goal.

Practice and learn as much as you can about your goal beforehand. This way, once it is time for you to start working you will already have a good idea of what's expected.

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