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How Fear of Failure Holds You Back

How Fear of Failure Holds You Back

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How Fear of Failure Holds You Back

Let’s face it: If you’re breathing, you occasionally feel at least a hint of fear of failure. In episode #1195 of The BIGG Success Show podcast, George & Mary-Lynn explain why even the most successful people you know – or know of – occasionally feel afraid of failure. It shows up as procrastination, perfectionism, overthinking, or outright avoidance. It’s a common feeling, and even a survival mechanism, as your brain is trying to protect you from pain.

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Fear of failure keeps more people stuck than almost any other internal struggle.

It’s not just a common feeling — it’s a mindset that stops capable, driven people from exploring their full potential. Whether you’re aspiring to start a business, change careers, or simply pursue your BIGG dreams, fear of failure can quietly sabotage your progress.

In this episode we’ll explore:

  • Why fear of failure shows up
  • How it operates inside your mind and behavior
  • Action steps to move through it

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The Most Important Success Habit

The Most Important Success Habit

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The Most Important Success Habit

We know there are certain habits that lead to success, but there is just one that determines the difference between success and failure.

Click the player to listen to this episode of The BIGG Success Show Podcast. Below is a summary.

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Way back in 1940, Albert E.N. Gray delivered an inspirational speech at the annual convention of the National Association of Life Underwriters (NALU). Gray was an official of the Prudential Insurance Company of America and a highly sought after speaker.

His speech, The Common Denominator of Success, was met with such overwhelming enthusiasm that it was turned into a pamphlet.

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Image of person sprinkling salt with the blog post title: The One Ingredient That Guarantees Your Success

The One Ingredient That Guarantees Your Success

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Image of person sprinkling salt with the blog post title: The One Ingredient That Guarantees Your Success

We’ll share the stories of an inventor, a sales person, and a miner to explore the one must-have ingredient to achieve BIGG success!

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The great inventor, Thomas Edison, obtained over 1,000 patents in his lifetime. But did you know that it took him about 10,000 tries to finally invent the light bulb? If at first you don’t succeed, try 10,000 times again!

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Fear of Failure and the Entrepreneurial Mindset

Fear of Failure and the Entrepreneurial Mindset

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Fear of failure drives many people. They get stuck in status quo. An entrepreneurial mindset can help anyone conquer the fear of failure.

We launched “The Professor & Mary-Lynn” on YouTube today. We talked about the key to overcoming the fear of failure: think like an entrepreneur. Here’s a summary of what we talked about:

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The Biggest Failure of All is Silent

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The biggest failure of all is silent | BIGG SuccessIt’s kind of funny in an ironic sense. Yet it is so very sad.

The biggest failure of all is silent.

You can experience this failure and never even realize it.

Day after day, same old same old.

The drudgery. A life of ho-hum.

Breathing, but not living.

Sure, you’re satisfied. But you’re not happy.

Because you choose to do nothing.

Doing nothing – the biggest failure of all.

You may argue with that last statement.

You didn’t choose to do nothing.

To some extent, you’re right.

You didn’t actively choose to do nothing.

It just happened.

But deep down inside, you know that you let it happen.

By not rocking the boat. By settling for the status quo.

By not sticking your neck out. By not trying.

By being so afraid of failure that failure is the only possible outcome.

By doing all these things passively, you actively choose to fail.

You will never know the potential within you.

You will never see the impact that you could have made.

You will never experience the elation of living your passion.

And we all suffer.

We’ll never know how great you could have been either.

BIGG success if life on your own terms.

Today, you can choose to exist or you can choose to live.

You can change careers.

You can start your own small business.

You can do anything you want to do.

You just have to choose to do something.

Sure, it’s scary.

Sure, it’s not easy.

Maybe we can help.

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life on your own terms