In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

Bill Cosby

One of the hardest things to do is to let go of those fears that hold us back.

For some reason, we get stuck on being afraid of failure and of coming up short. We fear making a mistake, choosing the wrong path, or any number of things that might not work out the way we envision.

We must each find our way to move past our fears if we are going to achieve success.

A couple of things I thought of to help along the way:

· You are worth it. A lot of fear comes from thinking that we aren’t worth it and so it won’t work out any way. Each and every one of you is worth it. You are worthy of success.

· You have nothing to fear but fear itself. This infamous line embodies the fact that fear is in our heads. We must control our own thoughts in order to get past the fears in our life.

· Sometimes trying and getting most of the way there will leave you in a much better position than you are now. Want to lose 50 pounds and afraid you won’t get there? I bet you would be happy with losing 40 and “failing” to meet your goal.

· What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. Failure can and will happen in your life. Use those moments to get stronger and wiser.

I know a lot of that will come off as a bunch of clichés to some of you, but maybe, just maybe there is some truth in there that applies to you.

There are a lot more reasons to not be afraid of failure, find your own and use it to begin the process of succeeding.

Jake