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Brady Silas's avatar

For me, the fear of failure has dominated my awareness more than actual failure itself. I've learned some of my greatest lessons in life from failure. I've also tormented myself for countless hours over the fear of experiencing it. Funny enough, I heard a quote from a Modern Wisdom podcast with Matthew McConaughey that's helped me with this tremendously. He says, in that typical McConaughey voice, "Whenever I would get worked up or anxious about doing something I would think: You're gonna die one day, McConaughey. This ain't a big deal."

Since listening, whenever I'm feeling anxious or fearful about failing at something, saying this to myself has put me at ease.

Thank you for the post today, Andrew. I'm glad your back!

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BRI HENKE's avatar

I'm proud of you for examining these things and taking them as a motivator for growth.

I'm also proud of you for giving yourself grace...which is very hard to do...but very necessary.

And you celebrating the wins is always going to serve you! You've taught me that the most.

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