I was listening to a random motivational talk on the way to work one morning and some thing the AI said struck me. Well my son and I thought it sounded like AI. it said “Procrastination is a fear of failure but also a fear of success.” I thought this interesting and would be a good topic for a blog. I asked myself if it could be true. What do you think? Could a fear of success or a fear of failure cause one to procrastinate? 🤔

I could understand fear of failure that might cause someone to hold back but the fear of success. I thought about it, why would a fear of being successful cause one to hold back to that extent. It was then that I thought of persons that would have the ability and the resources to make a success of anything they want to do but would not be able to. Thinking about it maybe it was because they might have done well. Imagine that, not wanting to do well and/or maybe wanting to do well so we procrastinate. Two sides of the same coin.

Let’s look at the fear of failure first. This one I can understand easily. Who wants to fail? Failure can destroy your confidence in some cases beyond repair. That hit to your self confidence would have anyone thinking twice or thrice about taking on any venture. Not all persons think of failure as a stepping stone. For many failure is the end. I have done my bit and it didn’t work so why try again. With this way of thinking I can understand perfectly why one would prefer to not take on challenges.

On the other hand I’m try to understand why would one be unwilling to take on any challenges if one might actually succeed. I don’t know a lot of people that are unwilling to go after what they want or would put off going after something that might take them to that next level. It’s always said that you attract who you are and that would explain why there are not a lot of persons that I know who would be fearful of succeeding. As you know I’m always saying go do the thing that will take you to that next level.

I thought about it and realized we all know someone that would be fearful of succeeding because they would have to move to that next level. It doesn’t have to be something that’s huge but just something to just go further ahead. It would be taking baby steps which is the best thing one can do. It also means not giving into the fear. Feel the fear and do it anyway.

Don’t allow procrastination to paralyze you. Why be fearful of succeeding? I think it’s also a mindset. Are we willing to grow or do we want to remain stagnant?

Let me know what you think, I really want to know and I sure others do too. Try commenting 👍🏽, but if you are not comfortable, reach out to me via any medium. Your comments let me know how you feel and very often give me a total different perspective on the topic. It could also spawn another blog. 😉. And you can never tell your comment might help others.

Always remember life is for living and you must always live your best life. #lifeisforliving #liveyourbestlife #gratefulforlife #faithgreaterthanfear

See you next Wednesday at 8:00 pm, Bogota time.

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