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Overthinking Narratives 2: What do you fear most Failure or Regret?

Author
Jason Birkevold Liem
Published
Mon 16 May 2022
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From my experience, the fear of failure is one of the biggest hurdles we set in front of ourselves. Unfortunately, this irrational fear can prevent us from ever achieving our potential.

The fear of failure stands in the present, but our gaze is toward the future. As a result, our minds fuel worse-case scenarios that could play-out if we commit to action. We fear the consequences of crossing bridges, and we don't even know if those budges exist.

Then there is a fear of regret when we look back at our past and can't fathom why we never took the chance. Why didn't I tell someone how I felt? Why did I not go on the trip? Why didn't I do it when I had the chance? Why didn't I spend more time with my kids? Why didn't I call my parents more often?

The 5 common regrets of people at the end of their days:

  • I wish I had the courage to live a life to myself, not the life  others expected of me. 
  • I wish I hadn't worked so hard.
  • I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.
  • I wish I'd had stayed in touch with my friends.
  • I wish that I had let myself be happier.


REFERENCES:

Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing  

by Bronnie Ware               
                             in Paperback
                             in Audiobook format
                             in Kindle format

Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential

by Carol Dweck

                             in Paperback
                           
  in Audiobook format
                             
in  Spiral bound format


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