Andrew Lynch
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In work and in life, there are two kinds of failure: actions and inactions. You can fail by starting a company that goes out of business or by not starting a company at all.
To Overcome the Fear of Failure, Fear This Instead
Adam Grant
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Great point. I think most people — myself included — find it much easier not to take any action, rather than risk taking action and failing. It’s much more comforting not to take any action, and be able to say, “I could have done that if I’d wanted to.” Did you get any sense of why people like Page, Musk, Cuban et al. are able to overcome this?