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Fear of Success
Fear of success? Who has that? Unfortunately, a lot of us do.

Ever make a dumb decision that set you back just as you were closing on some major goal? You likely were a victim of your own fear of success sabotaging you.

Ever find it hard to take action that you know will get you closer to your goal? There, too, you likely were done in by your own fear of success.

Funny thing, isn’t it? We all want to better ourselves, but at the same time we’re afraid to move beyond where we are. The familiar, old problems that we're used to are somehow more comfortable than the prospect of facing an unfamiliar new world into which the act of actually achieving our goals would thrust us.

Succeeding doesn't have to be so intimidating, though. I like what Jim Edwards says about it: “Succeeding simply puts you in a slightly more comfortable position and qualifies you to solve a different set of problems.”

The messages that were drilled into us from little on about who we are and where we fit into the world are not the final word on us. We get to put our input into that final word on us – if we choose to take positive action instead of giving in to that fear of success.
Jeff

Labels: mindset, motivation, successful business