2 ideas to help overcome your fears of failure
Don’t let failure keep you from trying again.
Have you read the Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown?
The book reminded me to accept myself wholeheartedly — the good, bad, and everything in-between. By practicing acceptance and letting go, I’ve felt more peace in my body.
When you’re going through challenges and in the trenches, it’s tricky to hear things like — ‘Look for the silver lining.’ You’re just going through the motions and you just want to get back up, You’re not necessarily open to looking for the silver linings and the lessons in the midst of what you’re going through.
Here are 2 ideas to consider when you think about failure:
Question your definition of failure. When you think that you’ve failed, think and ask yourself again, have you really failed or is the system that you’re in not supporting or working for you? Have you stopped one step before realizing success? Asking yourself better questions (when you’re in a space to listen to yourself) is key to getting better answers. For example, I found that rote memorization didn’t work for me when I was going through school. The system that I was in praised rote memorization, so I went through a period of my life where I questioned my skills and abilities. I found myself resonating with more visual learning, though this wasn’t something that was taught so I felt challenged. Did I fail or was it that the system that I was in didn’t support my style of learning and the diversity of different learning styles?
Stay open. You have to be open to doing the inner work and sometimes, that’s half the battle, as we don’t like change. Change brings up uncertainty and it can sometimes make us feel angry, sad, and scared to grow and become a better version of ourselves.
The following quotes resonated with me; every time I read them over, they remind me to keep believing in myself. Keep going.
‘Wholehearted living is about engaging in our lives from a place of worthiness. It means cultivating the courage, compassion, and connection to wake up in the morning and think, No matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough. It’s going to bed at night thinking, Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid but that doesn’t change the truth that I am worthy of love and belonging.’
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