Can there be anything else that hold us back from creating the life of our dreams like fear of failure? I don't believe there's anything that can even begin to compare with that fear. The fear is trying to protect us from pain, but the thing is, if we try, we are going to fail. That's just a given. There's no way to escape. No one knows how to do something on the first try, so everyone fails as a huge part of the process of doing anything. What if babies tried to walk and quit the first time they fell down? We would all be crawling through the world. So the solution is to give our egos something else to do while we are being creative. It's really our egos that fear failure. The rest of us is just like a baby - ready to try pretty much anything - no ego involved. The more we fail, the better we can get at failure - which will eventually lead to some kind of success. The iconic true story in recent times is J.K. Rowling's many, many, many rejections as she tried to get the Harry Potter series in print.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." Samuel Beckett
Empowerment enhances the ability of individuals or organizations to make choices and transform those choices into positive outcomes. Empowered people have recognized their own value and strength and their capacity to handle life's problems. In turn they are better able to influence the course of their lives. With information and support, most people can find within themselves the power to direct their lives and reach their dreams.
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