How to get over the FEAR of failure - Evan and @MichaelEGerber

Evan Carmichael and Michael E. Gerber discuss moving past the fear of failure and shifting from "yes, but" thinking to "why not." Gerber offers practical strategies for tackling execution anxiety and the mindset changes needed to actually take action.
A lot of people having questions about how do I get over the fear of failure? How do I say why not instead of yes, but they're, they're worried about the execution of it. How do I, how do they do it? What advice do you have for them? It's coming up repeatedly.
I've got a little note, you know, those little note things.
Yeah.
And someone once asked me, 'Yeah, but I'm afraid, but I'm afraid, but I'm afraid.' 'You're so unafraid, Michael.' And I said, 'But that's ridiculous. Everybody's afraid. Everybody. Einstein was afraid. Steve Jobs was afraid. I'm afraid. You're afraid. Every one of us are afraid.' So what do I do about fear? I wrote down in this little note thing, 'I create my way.' through fear. Write it down. I create my way through fear. I accept the fact that yes, but is simply a sign that I'm afraid. So my inner voice comes up with all the reasons why not. I'm suggesting the minute you know that, you simply go beyond it. So how do you overcome your fear of success? You become successful. And then how do you overcome your fear of becoming even more successful? You become even more successful. And how do you overcome your fear of becoming even more, more, more successful? You simply become more, more, more successful. Meaning you just keep doing it. You understand? You just keep doing it. What do you keep doing? What you're called to do. If it's beyond where you are, if it is where you are, more of the same, I'm saying you attract to you this mindset. Old co, new co. New co is what's next. Old Co is what exists today. Old Co is always what exists today. And most people hang on to Old Co for fear of losing Old Co. So they don't risk creating New Co. You follow? Let go. The minute you let go, you understand there's just now. And now there's no fear because there's no then. There's no past. There's no future. There's no— there's just now. Now we're in it. Now we are it. Now we're creating it. Now we're evolving with it. Now we're discovering what in fact is true, what isn't true, What inhibits me from seeing what's true, etc., etc., etc. I mean, it's called being alive. That's all it is. It's called being fully alive. When you talk about fire, it's just energy. You understand? It's just energy. What's life? Energy. What's creativity? An expression of energy. What's an opportunity? It's an opportunity to express your energy in a more perfect way. So if that's true, there's all that potential sitting here waiting inside of us. Yes, but will kill that potential.
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