There are a lot of people who constantly ask me what they have to do in order to succeed. Sometimes I’ll give them a few answers, at other times, a few others. There are so many keys to success that it’s hard to list them all. But one thing I find holds a lot of people back from achieving that success is fear of failure.

In this article, I’m going to explain to you exactly what I mean. Hopefully, after reading it, you’ll know what I’m talking about and you won’t let fear get in the way of YOUR success.

The most common way for people to attempt making a living online is to hit the search engines and start looking for things to do. They don’t really have any clear cut goals in mind. They just want to do something. While this is a mistake right from the start, at least it’s a start. The problem is, they’ll see something that looks plausible and they’ll say something like, “I can’t do that” or “That’s too hard” or “What if it doesn’t work?” I can go on and on, but you know what I’m talking about.

It’s the fear of the unknown or more specifically, the fear of failure. Yes, we are all afraid to fail. But if you look at it logically, it’s that fear that is actually causing us to do the one thing that we’re afraid of, fail.

By not acting on our desires, we are dooming ourselves to failure. Sure, we might attempt to do something and maybe it’s not right for us. Maybe we don’t have the talent for it. But we’re not going to know unless we do it. Notice I did not say the word “try.”

There is a very famous quote from one of the original Star Wars movie with Luke Skywalker when he was being mentored by Yoda. Luke told Yoda that he’d try. Yoda’s response was simple and straight to the point.

“There is no try. Do, or do not. There is no try.”

Truer words have never been spoken. You’re either going to do something or you’re not going to do it. There is no in-between as that is the same as not doing it at all.

This doesn’t mean that you will succeed in everything that you attempt. In fact I’m confident you will have at least one, for example selling a product, that fails and only sells a few copies. But without the attempt, there is no chance of success. And to let fear get in your way, to say to yourself that you can’t do this or you’re afraid you’ll fail, is just ridiculous. After all, what is the worst that can happen if you try something that you’re never done before? You fall flat on your face? So what? You might just learn something from the experience that will help you in the future.

So the next time you’re confronted with doing something new or creating a product from an idea you have, remember, if you don’t give it a shot, you could possibly giving up the best opportunity that you ever ran into. And wouldn’t you just hate yourself for that?

© Neil-Harvey.com