Short excerpt from a YouTube video ("The Fear Of Failure" by Troy Aberle) in which the speaker identifies three types of fear and focuses on the first: fear of failure. Aberle explains that fear of being judged (by self/family/coworkers/others) often underlies fear of failure, but argues that the real failure is not attempting or not taking action. He encourages self-acceptance and stepping forward despite judgment.
So there's three types of fear. The first type is the fear of failure. That failure nobody wants to fail, whether it be in front of yourself, in front of your family, in front of your co workers, or in front of other people who might be able to judge you. My question is, why do you care why you're being judged? If you're totally happy with you, and you're willing to step up, speak out, and be who you are and feel great about it, then don't fear that. The failure that you should be judging yourself on is the fear of not doing something, not trying something, not going for it. That's what you should really be fearing.
