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Resolution Challenge #7 – Transforming Fear of Failure
Fear of failure is one big reason why many people can't seem to move forward in life. They constantly dream big dreams, set big goals, create big plans – only to find themselves procrastinating, holding back, or making little progress.
Worse, how does the Law of Attraction respond to fearful thoughts and feelings? It simply delivers exactly what you're focusing on, positive or negative.
If you fear failure you are essentially setting yourself up for failure, or at least constant obstacles or problems that block the progress you want to make.
Even if you don't think this challenge applies to you, remember that a fear of failure isn't always obvious, either. Our minds have ways of tricking us that are very convincing.
For example, let's say you set a goal to lose weight and get into better shape for the New Year. You start out very well, sticking to your workouts and eating right. The numbers on the scale are beginning to creep downward -- when all of a sudden you find yourself in situations that are ripe with temptation.
You forget to bring your nutritious lunch to work one day, visit the cafeteria and choose the most fattening meal on the menu -- then you wonder why you did that? Or you call a friend and invite him or her to dinner at a restaurant and use the outing as an excuse to eat more than you should, effectively blowing your healthy eating plan for the day.
You may not realize right away that you're sabotaging your own efforts. In fact, it's usually quite the opposite: you feel frustrated because these outer influences are interfering with your plan to lose weight!
However, if you dig deeply enough and look closely at what's really going on, you'll usually find some fears lurking beneath the surface.
You may realize that your shrinking size brings up feelings of fear because you know that other people are going to start noticing, which will put more pressure on you to keep going.
You may be afraid of reaching a plateau and getting stuck there – so you invent external situations that you can point to and say, "I failed because of that."
There are many possible ways for a fear of failure to make itself known, but you'll usually notice it because of an inner sense of hesitation or dread, or even a lack of self-belief like we covered previously.