The fear of success is the very thing that holds us back from having said success. It’s a self-limitation imposed by an irrational belief.
Someone shared the acronym of FEAR with me: False Emotions Appearing Real.
Will you having success change you in a significant way that will alienate you from the you that you are now?… No. That fear is irrational. If anything you’ll be more of the person you truly are because you’ll be more actualized (yes, it’s possible you can get even MORE AWESOME!)
So what’s the solution? Walk through the Spider Webs… If you want to know what that means you have to watch this video by Astronaut Chris Hadfield.
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