How to overcome the fear of failure and begin to move toward its goal

All successful entrepreneurs billionaires - are people just like everyone else. It is tempting to explain their success is the presence of super-powers. But in fact, they have just a different approach to solving problems and overcoming fear.

"Everyone I know sometimes feels fear. It is not always clear, especially when looking at senior executives and inventors. but fear - it is a natural reaction to the unknown, when we do not know the outcome of the event and the experience that it will lead to negative consequences ", - says Adam Grant, the most popular professor at the Wharton School of Business, as well as a management consultant in such companies like Facebook, Google, Goldman Sachs and the NBA.

According to Adam, one of the most important tips for overcoming the fear he had received from the talented inventors in the field of technology: Mark Cuban, Elon MuskLarry Page and many others. He was interested in what it - run the Google, as did Page, or invent boosters like to make a mask. All of them said something like: "I really was horrified by the fact that it might not work. But I do not want to exhaust myself with thoughts that my idea could lead to disastrous results. I want to create something really worthwhile and useful. "

In other words, the fear of failure was less fear of what might happen if they do not even try.

We often think that if we would be ashamed of failure. But in the end most of all we are sorry for what he did not, and our inaction in times when might take a chance or to risk.

Adam Grant

We can learn from these famous entrepreneurs unusual trick. He is able to mentally move into the future and imagine that you did not dare to make a move. What happens if you turn away from goals? Say to yourself: "Yes, the idea could fail. But I would rather tolerate the collapse itself convinced of it than do not even try to put it into practice. "

"Many people try to escape from the fear, - says Adam Grant. - But it's much more effective to take it and try to figure out what's bothering you and how you can fix it. "

The next time when you will be afraid to do something, think of Adam Hall. Then in the future you will not have to regret the missed opportunities.