I heard once that fear could mean false emotions appearing real. It is scary sometimes when we are down and we look at our past, and maybe we made a mistake so we project that mistake forward. Sometimes fear leaves us finding excuses and reasons. This is where we enter the realm of impeding our success.
Do you have a great idea? Do you think about exploring a different career?
But you find yourself saying, I don't know if I will make enough money. It might not work. I could end up broke. It worked for that guy because he was lucky. I am not smart/fast/strong enough to see it through. As long as our head fills with these notions we will never move on to success.
Fear and Failure are all things we will encounter in life. Success will depend on what we do when we face these obstacles. Will we rise above? Will you take that chance? For inspiration lets look at some colossal failures who have changed the very world we live in
- Thomas Edison's teachers said he was "too stupid to learn anything" and was fired from two jobs for being "non-productive" and before he successfully invented the light bulb he encountered over 1,000 failures at bring the idea to light so to speak.
- Albert Einstein did not speak until he was 4 years old and could not read until the age of 7. and was described as being mentally slow as a child.
- Henry Ford failed and went broke 5 times before he succeeded.
- It took R.H Macy 7 attempts to get his store in New York City. I am sure you have seen the Macy's day parade.
- Michale Jordan at one time was cut from his high school basketball team.
- Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas"
- Charles Schultz, the guy that wrote Charlie Brown, had every cartoon rejected that he submitted to his High School yearbook staff, and later in life Walt Disney turned him down for a job.
- 27 publishers rejected Dr. Seuss's first book.
- Charlie Chaplin was initially rejected by Hollywood studio chiefs because his pantomime was considered nonsense.
Now is your chance to follow your dream... Failure may come, but I encourage you to learn from your failure and use it as a teachable moment to build your foundation to success. As Nike says, Just Do It!!!
