With the growing influence of technology and change, you may not want to consider pacing yourself in order to quickly achieve success in your business. When you hear so much about the success and achievements across the industry, it is evident that you may look for the paths which will support you to attain them.
And of course, this path will not be a cakewalk! It may consist of many highs and lows as you go ahead. You need to remember that everyone had to go through rejections and failures to be successful. If you just keep worrying about the failing and step back from taking risks, then it will lead you to absolutely nothing in the end.
The outcome does not have to be perfect every time. Each one of us fails at some point in time, but then, this is the way how we learn and grow. And instead of being reluctant to change and missing out opportunities, face your fears, learn from your mistakes, and move on!
Here are some ways that will support you to overcome this fear of failure through your journey ahead:
Anticipate Potential Challenges
Forecasting the obstacles on your way beforehand will enable you to know well in advance about what can trip you up. You can help prep yourself up for those upcoming challenges on your way and develop a strategy to overcome them. Fear of failure can paralyze your thoughts and actions. Instead of worrying about your chance of getting failed in the future, you may want to spend time discovering ways to overcome it.
When you involve yourself in evaluating the roadblocks that you may encounter on your path, your stress levels reduce gradually, enabling you to do better at your job.
Set Attainable Goals
Setting up goals is the most critical aspect of any business. But one thing you need to consider while setting up these goals is that these goals need to be clear, specific, and achievable. Make sure that you carefully evaluate and decide on the goals that you can quickly attain rather than setting big goals right at the start.
Start small and eventually go for the bigger ones as you grow, which will help you achieve them efficiently.
Consistency Is the Key!
Yes, you heard it right, consistent is indeed the key to success! You don’t become a successful dancer or a painter overnight. There are years of practice put into mastering their art in order to be successful at it today.
The same is the case with business as well. You need to be consistent in your efforts and focus on your goals, no matter what comes your way. Keep learning from your experience and enhance your skills to bounce back again.
Remember What You’ve Learnt from Your Past Failures
It has been rightly said that “Experience is the best teacher.” Your mistakes teach you some very valuable lessons for the future. Never forget the mistakes you have made in your past projects. Note them down to keep track of it.
Don’t fear away from the failures, in fact, treat them as your experiences to improve and get better at it. All these experiences will make you even more knowledgeable about the potential challenges that you may face and be prepared to face them in advance.
Don’t Forget Your Wins
Not just failures but keep track of your achievements as well. Create your own achievements folder and populate it with the things you think are remarkable. Whether it’s the milestones that you hit, screenshots of appreciations or the positive comments you received, compile it all in this folder.
Keep adding to it as you receive them and look through it when you feel low.
Visualize Your Success
Visualizing your goals will greatly aid in building a better roadmap to achieve success. Create a blueprint of all the thoughts that are in your mind. Develop a vision board. Stick pictures, maintain a checklist, and place it in the place where you get to view it daily.
Not just the plan but make a note of your goals as well with the associated timeline to achieve them. This will keep reminding you to pace yourself accordingly. When you turn back and see, you will be surprised by your own journey, which also can serve as a reference whenever you think of starting something afresh.
Everything Will Never End-up To Be Perfect
No one can be perfect in the world, always! You need to first come out of the misconception that failure is an end to everything, and nothing can ever be flawless. Whether they are business goals or personal goals, ensure that they realistic and fair to your capabilities.
One way to make it smoother is breaking down your goals into the smaller ones and plan on attaining them based on the prioritization rather than stressing about them right away.
Bottom Line:
Failure in any business is normal, but make sure that you don’t take it as the end of your adventure. It is just another experience that teaches you, new lessons in life and supports you in discovering new paths to your destination.
And if it makes you feel any better, even the most successful business personalities have faced failures in their journey. Even Walt Disney was fired for “not being creative enough,” but he took it as a challenge and went on to create his first venture, “Laugh-o-gram Studios.” However, this business as well struggled to generate enough revenue and resulted in bankruptcy soon.
Even after experiencing back to back failures, he was determined to follow his dreams and traveled to Hollywood to showcase his animation, Alice’s Wonderland. It was received well, and the distributors where vigorously ordering more copies. And then with his brother Roy, he went on to create “Disney Brothers Studio,” which is now known as The Walt Disney Company! The rest is history.
When asked about his take on failures, Walt Disney once said, “All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all the troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me. You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”
Success may be slow and difficult to achieve, but when you reach your final destination, these journeys will all be worth it!