Query Week 3Queries sent: 13Rejections: 4Full/Partial Requests: 0 We spend so much of life trying to answer questions that we forget to consider whether the questions we’re asking are useful to us. Questions like Is it difficult? Will it cause me struggle? Will it be a hit to my ego? are fine, and there’s noContinue reading “either it’s worth doing, or it’s not”
Tag Archives: fear of failure
everything is scary when you’ve never done it before
Querying week 2Queries sent: 10Rejections: 3Full/partial requests: 0 Let’s talk about fear: gut-clenching, heart-pounding, throat-closing fear. Evolutionarily, fear serves an important role; it tells us when shit’s going wrong, and gives us a boost of energy to deal with the threat (fight, flight, or freeze, baby!). Most of us are not being stared-down by aContinue reading “everything is scary when you’ve never done it before”
how to overcome the fear of failure
Short answer is: you don’t. So it’s best to make friends with it.