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The Greatest Enemy of Success
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear"
- Mark Twain
Fear, uncertainty and doubt are, and always have been, the greatest enemies of success and happiness.
The two major fears that stand as the greatest obstacles on your roads to success are the fear of failure or loss, and the fear of criticism or rejection. These are the major enemies to overcome.
Surprisingly, it's noticed that it is not the actual failure or rejection that that inhibits, but the fear, which stops you from taking actions to achieve your goals.
The truth is that everyone is afraid of something and often, many things. The difference between a hero and a coward is that the hero is brave just a couple of minutes longer. The average person moves away from and avoids fear-causing situation, a brave person forces himself to confront the fear and do what he feared anyway.
The fear of failure, the major obstacle that holds you back is usually expressed in the feeling of "I can't"
This feeling can be neutralized by repeating the opposite phrase, "I can! I can!" over and over. Even more effective for neutralizing the fear of failure is to say to yourself, "I can do it! I can do it!" over and over until you eventually believe it.
Whenever you repeat the words, "I can do it!" your fears go down and your self-confidence goes up, until you get to a point you begin to feel unstoppable.
Confront your fears today and take charge of your life.
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