Welcome back to another episode of Arnold's Pump Club.

The other day we started a series discussing the fear of failure.

If you missed that episode, it was the one before this.

Today's topic will be much more valuable if you listen to that

topic first. I wanted to discuss the fear of failure because it holds so many of you back,

and my goal is to help you conquer it.

The last podcast showed you how to evaluate

the risks of failure honestly. I hope you did your homework and that your fear lost some of its power

when you completed your risk assessment. I also know there is another fear that comes

with failure. The threat isn't life threatening, but so many people

make it seem like the downsides are something you can't overcome. When in reality if you fail,

you'll probably end up right back where you started instead of

falling off a cliff like you imagined but we are social creatures and even once

you realize you'll be safe, you're probably horrified of being embarrassed of taking a big swing and missing.

This is why the second step to conquering your fear of failure is being very honest with yourself.

And when you're honest, you will realize that almost no one will care if you fail.

When your fear starts to take hold of your emotions and behaviors, it helps to remember that you are not the main character in a movie.

There is very little embarrassment in failure because the reality is that 99% of the world will never know you failed.

And the people who do know are almost certainly

dealing with their own failures and challenges

and don't have time to think about you.

Sure, a few of them might laugh at you, but how does that hurt you?

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