1. I am doing better than good because I clearly understand that failure is an event, not a person; that yesterday ended last night, and today is my brand new day.
2. I am doing better than good because I have made friends with my past, am focused on the present, and optimistic about my future.
3. I am doing better than good because I know that success (a win) doesn't make me, and failure (a loss) doesn't break me.
4. I am doing better than good because I am filled with faith, hope and love; and live without anger, greed, guilt, envy or thoughts of revenge.
All of us have fears. Some are healthy, some are not. Unhealthy fears can stop us from being our best or achieving what we are potentially capable of. We all have talents, abilities, dreams, aspirations. But we don't get to achieve our full potential or achieve what we really want. There are 3 main types of fear that can stop you from achieving the life of your dreams.
1. Fear of failure 2. Fear of success 3. Fear of ridicule
1. Fear of failure is quite normal . But if it becomes excessive it can be paralyzing. Fear of failure can be seen in the following situations:
The power of positive thinking is immense, the value of a positive mental attitude is priceless. It is a value everyone must have. It is the prelude to success, within and without.
To cultivate a habit of positive thinking with chains of less than perfect habits and thinking that we have picked up in the course of our lives, is an art that has to be acquired. Here are 10 tips for positive thinking and practical steps that enable positive thinking to be indelibly part of your life, that will leave living richer fuller and happier.
Are you comfortable? Are you snugly curled up in your comfort zone in your personal life and comfortably doing what you've always been doing? Are you reluctant to move out of your situation even though you know there is something better?
Your comfort zone denotes the personal space, or way of doing things, in which you get comfortable, whether it's good or bad. You may not want to change because you are afraid of disrupting things as they are, for fear that things may turn out worse. You may feel it is too big a step to take, too much to suffer.
" If you want to conquer fear, don't sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy" Dale Carnegie
Everyone is afraid of something. Fear is natural reaction that can be critical to our survival. That fight-or-flight instinct gives us the ability we need to escape when we are in danger. There is healthy fear that keep us alive.
One of the things that separates successful people from those trapped in mediocrity out there is their ability to overcome their fears and move beyond them. For so many of us fear paralyzes our potential. It keeps us from moving forward and achieving the success that we deserve.
"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better.
The credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly… who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never know either victory or defeat."