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As I’ve been talking with people about selling things online, I am becoming aware that there’s something holding people back that has nothing to do with web sites or SEO. It has to do with attitude.
I’ve talked to my wife about it and we have ideas, but I’m really not exactly sure what it is or how to describe it. It seems to be fear.
People are afraid of failing is my best guess.
What are you afraid of? What is holding you back? Please leave a comment and tell us your thoughts. I really want to work through the issue.
Here’s an excerpt from an article I found.
Successful people see failure as an acceptable risk.
This is one of the hardest shifts to make, but it’s the most important ones.
Habitual action-takers and bigger-game players understand that failure is part of the process, that for every stellar success there will be a their fair share of lukewarm events and more than one embarrassing flop.
Yet they keep the bigger picture in mind. They understand that the biggest failure is not to try (guaranteed zero results) and that failure gives them at least a chance of success. They also understand that there’s no such thing as a perfect person, ever. Even the greats have their black marks. In fact, the greats have plenty of them.
This is a big shift in thinking for most people who are stuck in worry mode. Successful people understand that there will be plenty of failure and potential embarrassment baked into the process, so it’s not a big scary thing. It’s just something to go through and minimize, kind of like taxes.
So yes, successful people are afraid of failure, but it’s a manageable fear because it’s built into the process. And because it’s acknowledged up front, it’s possible to compartmentalize it.
For worriers, inaction equals safety, which is nice because you don’t lose anything. For action takers, the idea of inaction is a huge loss in terms of opportunity cost. They know that if they take enough action, and they’re constantly evaluating their strategy, they’ll come out ahead.
So to sum it up, successful people say “Failure is part of the game. Let’s get it out of the way because there’s some raging success waiting to happen in there somewhere.”
Read the entire article at:
http://www.thelaunchcoach.com/why-worry-keeps-you-poor-and-how-to-fix-it