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Dr. George Pratt: Why Fear of Success or Failure Hold You Back

Name: Dr. George Pratt: Why Fear of Success or Failure Hold You Back
Uploaded: 2013-06-03T19:13:47+00:00
Duration: 42 s
Channel: John Assaraf
Description: A short transcript excerpt of a YouTube interview with Dr. George Pratt (uploaded by John Assaraf) discussing how fear of success and fear of failure are…

3 Jun 2013 · 1 min

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A short transcript excerpt of a YouTube interview with Dr. George Pratt (uploaded by John Assaraf) discussing how fear of success and fear of failure are related and how they prevent people from trying and building realistic confidence. The speakers state that these fears are inverses, can subconsciously protect against disappointment, and that lack of belief in one's worth undermines persistence and success.

This is Dr. George Pratt.
And what fear of success and fear of failure have in common and how they block us.
From being successful is.
They have a great deal in common. They're just the inverse of one another. Sometimes when we.
Have fear of success.
In a way, it subconsciously protects us because we're not out there achieving. And so then we're not going to feel bad about failing. If we have. If we don't try, then we're not going to fail. The problem is, if we don't think we can do something, we're not going to even try. Most people are not successful because they don't have a realistic level of confidence. And confidence.
Is what allows us to.
Be successful and to be persistent. Because if we don't believe in ourselves, if we don't have that belief that we can be successful and.
That we are worthy, if.
If we don't have that, we'll quit too early, and then we won't be successful. So it takes resilience and reliance on ourselves. So fear of success, very common. And fear of failure, same kind of thing. So those can be changed through a number of techniques, and it's very fixable.