Many people are afraid of not succeeding both professionally and personally, trapped in the logic of the loser, they lose the joy of living and cannot face the challenges that life offers us every day for fear of failure.
The way we deal with life’s difficult challenges and situations shapes our character and therefore our ultimate destiny.
“Man never knows what he’s capable of until he’s tried. “
-Charles Dickens-
For example, in a new situation that can be risky, if the person focuses on the fear of failure, he will feel insecure and certainly not know how to deal with it.
Numerous studies show that a positive mental attitude is the key to personal success. Here are some tips to help you cope with difficult situations.
Being emotionally fit means feeling safe, even in the most difficult situations. What does that mean?
The way we interpret situations and evaluate what happens around us shapes our emotions, our actions, and therefore the type of person we are.
A winning state of mind is based on the ability and ability to find positive meaning in any situation.
The question we must ask ourselves in the face of every situation in our lives is: “What can I learn from this situation?
The difference between success and failure lies in the ability to turn difficult situations into learning.
“Success is learning to move from one failure to another without despair. “
-Winston Churchil-
Fear is one of the fundamental feelings of the human being, but the fear of failure and the insecurity it causes should not block our ability to solve problems.
This is because the path to personal development is riddled with failures, but these are difficult experiences that allow us to make the most important changes and developments.
The winners in life also face obstacles and difficulties in their path, but they all have one thing in common: they know how to take advantage of every situation to grow and improve as human beings.
Fear of failure often leads people to avoid risks and often these people don’t want to discover the limits of their abilities, they just want to do the minimum necessary to achieve a sufficient level of well-being and protection.
Psychologist Abraham Maslow says that “safety is one of the main needs of human beings and is part of our natural instinct to protect and preserve what we have. “
But keep an eye out: security can sometimes deceive us, limit our decisions and therefore our actions.
Often, the difference between a successful man and a loser is not skills or ideas, but the courage to bet on an idea, take risks and act.
-Maxwell Maltz-
To achieve any goal, you need to take risks, only by learning to deal with the fear of failure will we have more opportunities to get what we want.
Every fear is an opportunity to grow.
In chess we say that fear of attack is stronger than the attack itself, our imagination has a great ability to amplify our fear of failure.
However, fear is also useful: it puts us on “alert” to dangers, but it is not functional when it blocks our progress towards a particular goal. If we are overwhelmed by the fear of failure, it is unlikely that we will be able to act freely and effectively.
Life awaits us and no one can live it for us
If we really want to change, if we are willing to stop failure and take risks, we can be happy.
We can change the way we think and the dysfunctional behaviors that hinder the achievement of our goals, we just have to stop running, postpone or make excuses.