Fear of Success - Why It's More Limiting Than Fear of Failure - By: Wayne Wu

The fear of failure causes people to procrastinate. They are afraid to lose money, they are afraid to look stupid in front of other people, they fear being rejected. This fear can be tamed by putting oneself in the right environment and working on one's personal development.

The fear of success however, can be even more limiting than the fear of failure.

People are scared by the question "What if I make it?". This is because fear of success really has everything to do with the fear of change.

If you're an active networker, you most probably will have visualised yourself as the successful person you want to be. You have visions of being surrounded by other successful friends, visions of being able to accomplish your dreams, visions of being kind and generous to others, visions of the possessions you have that reflect your success.

Visualising success can be very inspirational, but it can also produce negative emotions because in your current situation, you are not happy where you are.

Fear arises because you know you need to change. You are afraid to lose your identity. It really leads to a fear of loss of friendship and association because your close friends won't recognise you anymore.

We are creatures of habit. Believe it or not, the things we think, feel and do today are 99 percent the same as the things we thought, felt and did yesterday, and the day before, and the day before that. We, as humans, easily slip into "comfort zones" and mindlessly go through our daily routines as if we're robots.

It takes some mighty will power to change our habits. We think just change what we eat, stop smoking, stop drinking and live a healthy lifestyle starting today, but in reality we can't because we have bad habits that prevent us from doing that.

Our habits are part of who we are. So when you make a decision to change them little by little, the people around you will begin to notice. They will see changes in the way you behave and in the decisions you make, they will notice a difference in the way you speak, and they may not like you anymore because you have changed. The fear of losing one's associations and community can really sabotage success.

The other aspect to having a fear of success is taking on the burden of responsibility that comes with it.

In reaching the "diamond" level, you will have built an organisation of hundreds, if not thousands of distributors. Your phone may never stop ringing. You may get hundreds, even thousands of emails every day that you'll have sort through.

And you think to yourself... "Oh my gosh, I don't want to have to deal with all that!"

Yes, all of this may (or may not) happen, but the worry can kill your chances of becoming successful. Fear of success can be dealt with. When you start to think of all the responsibilities of being successful, stop it.

Think of all the positive things you can do when you become the person you want to be. Think of the positive influence you'll have on other people. Then decide if the positives of being a successful individual are worth it. In most cases, it is.

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