Fear – The Entrepreneurs’ Undoing

Doubt is a product of fear. When fear comes into a man, it brings with it a paralyzing effect to the point of pulling him down from an exhorted position earlier attained.

A lot of gifted people never tried to put their ideas into good use because they are afraid of failure. The fear of failure has been the undoing of many entrepreneurs. They are afraid to fail so they refuse trying anything. They refuse to take risks. They would rather waste away in their comfort zones where they believe to have a sense of security, than risk anything.

The simple truth is that this world has no guarantee of security. The only thing we can boast of is opportunity, and that is why you must be able to take a little risk to accomplish anything worthwhile in life. In a world of opportunities like ours, the person who will risk nothing will eventually do nothing.

Fear is not supposed to drag us to the mud. Every failure in a man’s life is not an absolute finality to his success. Since no man’s present situation says everything about his future, the present failure you are afraid of can never materialize into a future hopelessness. Success as we know has both mother and father, only failure is an orphan. So, whenever you try and fail, always remember to try again, because anything that causes you trouble can equally be your best teacher. Learn from your past mistakes and develop a new mind. Those, who never made mistakes, never made anything. It is better to take a step and fail than to do nothing at all.

Experience comes and is developed by the simple things we do. No great man ever got scared of failure. Failure is like a stepping stone, when you fail here, you mark the place of your first failure deciding, never to go same again and with the experience gained, you are propelled to the next level. Do not allow failure to stop you, it is never the final stop in your life.

As an entrepreneur trying to break new grounds in business, it is wise to consider the business properly and then launch out. The conviction you have based on practical facts is what will get you established. Do not employ the object of fear or failure, because the fear of failure will paralyze your faith and truncate your destiny. Failure is not a person, but an event, you are the only person here standing, and you are not a failure. Why not launch out into the unknown today and make a mark that can never be erased on the sand of history? Friend, you are not a failure because you failed; you are a failure because you gave up. Failure to me means that I have not succeeded yet, not that I will never succeed.

When I tried to publish my articles online through the enzinearticles.com, I faced a lot of troubles and set-backs. To a certain level all my articles were on the problem column and no matter how I tried to bring modifications, the same problem came repeating itself. Yet, I did not quit. The next article I posted earned me a suspension due to mix-up of ideas with another author and that took me time to get freed out of the hook. The never-expected-success-entrepreneur will take it as having failed, and as a result will opt to do nothing.

I was not made to quit easily. I followed the rules gradually until I hit the mark. Today I have earned the expert writer title. With all that I have gathered already, I don’t make the same mistakes again. My first failure reminded me that I am not perfect, not that I am inferior. Friends, your failure in life is never a final to your success. There is hope after any kind of failure, whether moral or financial, spiritual or even marital, there is hope, so don’t give up.