It feels like an obvious statement but failure is no fun! There is the realization that all the time and all the effort we have put in haven’t produced the result we wanted.
Experiencing failure repeatedly can make us gun shy, and not want to try new things because we want to avoid that sting again.
Today we are going to tap for those times when we would rather stay stuck where we are than risk the pain of another failure.
Failure is hard. Not only do we not get what we have worked for, but it also provides proof that when we work towards our goals we do not always succeed.
Sometimes the fear of failure and the pain that comes with that failure is greater than the joy of success. When this happens we don’t take the action we need to take.
Today we are going to tap for those times when we hold ourselves back from taking action because we feel we can’t endure another failure.
It is so easy to remember all of the times we have messed up.
Because of this it is also easy to feel unworthy of new opportunities as we have wasted those presented to us in the past.
Today we are going to tap for the feeling that we are undeserving of new opportunities because we have squandered others before.
To put it really simply: Failure is no fun!
And because it is no fun we want to avoid it. One of the easiest ways to avoid failure is simply not to try anything.
Today we are going to tap for the resistance to taking action because we are trying to avoid the pain of failure.
Failure is hard. Not only do we have to deal with what didn’t work out, but it can lead us to feeling that we don’t even want to try again because our fear of future failure is so great.
Today we are going to tap for how the fear of failure can undermine our future efforts.
We have failed in the past and that failure has hurt. Because we have experienced failure in our past it can make us gun shy of taking bold action in the future. When this happens we become hesitant or even stop taking action at all.
Today we are going to tap for those times when our fear of the pain of failure is greater than our desire to take action.
There are times when we feel like we have two left feet. Nothing comes easily and nothing turns out the way we want.
Today we are going to tap for those times where it feels like we just can’t do anything right.
Remembering and learning from past mistakes is a good thing because it helps us to make better choices in the future.
But we run into trouble when the lesson we learned from past failures is that we are failures and that we will fail again.
Today we are going to tap for feeling that failure is a pattern we are bound to keep repeating.
It is OK to hate failure. Failure is no fun. Failure can drain your energy. Failure can even feel devastating.
But if we dwell in that hatred of failure then we will never try again in order to avoid that feeling in the future.
Today we tap to have a healthy relationship with the feeling of failure.
Sometimes the fear of failure feels much worse than being stuck where we are currently.
Sure, achieving our goal would feel great, but the risk of failing at trying just feels like too much to handle.
Today we are going to tap for the fear of failure.
I Fear Failure So Much That I Am Not Even Going To Try
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I really hate to fail…Failure is no fun…It dashes hopes…It shows that I can’t do something…It shows other people that I can’t do something…Often it comes in a moment…After lots of work and effort has built up…And it just feels like way too much…I give myself permission…To recognize the fact…It is perfectly OK…To not enjoy failure…But with that being said…There are many lessons that I have learned from failure…There are many insights I have gained from failure…There are blessings I never would have found without that failure…Failure shows me if I’m heading in the right direction…Failure shows me the things that I need to learn…Failure puts me in a place where I can see the next step…No one has ever become awesome…Without failure first…I’m not seeking out failure…I’m not failing on purpose…But I will only find some of the holes in my dreams…If I take effort and stumble and fail…I have failed before…And it did not kill me…I have failed before…And it did not ruin everything…I don’t have to be fearless in the face of failure…In order to take action…I can have a little fear…And I can step into this…Failure is not the end of the world…I have survived it before…And I can survive it again…I have learned from it before…And I can learn from it again…Failure is not the enemy…Lack of action is the enemy…I give myself permission to take action…Knowing failure is possible…And if I fail in any way…I will survive.