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A person has one aspiration inherent in him by nature - the desire for security. This tradition has been going on since the time when Homo sapiens as a species was completely absent.
And quite interesting is the fact that the prehistoric approach to life is relevant for modern man to this day. Nobody wants to take risks - everyone needs comfort and safety. But the irony of life is that you cannot make significant progress without risk.
After all, we are risking from the cradle. And to be convinced of this, it is enough to look at young children who are desperately trying to take their first step, but constantly fall down. Every step they take is a risk.
And the most common reason for the absence of risk in human life is, of course, the fear of failure. And this fear is quite justified. There are many different examples in history that failure is not the end.
For example, the inventor of the light bulb, Thomas Edison, made a mistake more than 1000 times when creating his innovation. But his attitude to this problem was markedly different from the generally accepted one: he was convinced that he had never faced failure.
He said that he just came up with 1000 ways how a light bulb would not work.
This example clearly illustrates that it is not what you do that matters, but how you react to it. After all, everything is in our heads.
When you are about to start doing something - something that you constantly put off because of the fear of failure, think about how to react to it. Think of failure as an experience and a fresh impetus towards achieving your goal.
And quite interesting is the fact that the prehistoric approach to life is relevant for modern man to this day. Nobody wants to take risks - everyone needs comfort and safety. But the irony of life is that you cannot make significant progress without risk.
After all, we are risking from the cradle. And to be convinced of this, it is enough to look at young children who are desperately trying to take their first step, but constantly fall down. Every step they take is a risk.
And the most common reason for the absence of risk in human life is, of course, the fear of failure. And this fear is quite justified. There are many different examples in history that failure is not the end.
For example, the inventor of the light bulb, Thomas Edison, made a mistake more than 1000 times when creating his innovation. But his attitude to this problem was markedly different from the generally accepted one: he was convinced that he had never faced failure.
He said that he just came up with 1000 ways how a light bulb would not work.
This example clearly illustrates that it is not what you do that matters, but how you react to it. After all, everything is in our heads.
When you are about to start doing something - something that you constantly put off because of the fear of failure, think about how to react to it. Think of failure as an experience and a fresh impetus towards achieving your goal.
