Your Fear of Failure is Making You Fail

Amanda Wilson
Nov 5 · 5 min read
Photo by Joao Tzanno on Unsplash

Have you ever wanted something so bad you didn’t bother trying for it simply because your fear of trying and failing was greater than your desire to succeed?

Have you ever limited your exposure to challenging situations, avoided social functions, seeking out promotions, asking the cute barista at your local coffee house for their number, reached only for the low-hanging fruit because you knew…

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Amanda Wilson

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Creative and Freelance Copywriter for Web and eCom. Wife and Mother. More likely to share random musings on life. Habitually begins sentences with “And.”

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