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                                   %FEAR OF FAILURE 850905

     It  is  natural  to  fear  the  possibility  of   not
succeeding  at a task to which one might become committed.
It  would be embarrassing.   Perhaps others  would  reject
you.   Perhaps others have already rejected you,  and they
might seek to occasion  your  failure  so  that they could
rationalize their rejection of you.   If you feel insecure
you  may  doubt other people's recognition  of  your  past
successes,    and   suspect   that  your   successes   are
insubstantial,   not likely to hold up.   Perhaps you  are
really not substantial,  and you might be found out to  be
less  substantial that you have appeared to be.    Perhaps
there  are  people  out there  who  resent  your  apparent
successes and they might be dedicated to exposing you.

     It  is risky to presume to strive for great  success.
Perhaps it would be safer not to try to be successful.  To
justify  such timidity one may come up with all  sorts  of
rationalization which are based more on fear than on fact.
The presumptions are just that.  They are self-referential
which   often  fly  in  the  face  of   objective   facts.
Successful people often are driven by irrational fears  of
failure and rejection.
                         (c) 1997 by Paul A. Smith in
                      "Search for Integrity and Honesty"
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)

                                      %FEAR OF FAILURE 850905

     It  is  natural  to  fear  the  possibility  of   not
succeeding  at a task to which one might become committed.
It  would be embarrassing.   Perhaps others  would  reject
you.   Perhaps others have already rejected you,  and they
might seek to occasion  your  failure  so  that they could
rationalize their rejection of you.   If you feel insecure
you  may  doubt other people's recognition  of  your  past
successes,    and   suspect   that  your   successes   are
insubstantial,   not likely to hold up.   Perhaps you  are
really not substantial,  and you might be found out to  be
less  substantial that you have appeared to be.    Perhaps
there  are  people  out there  who  resent  your  apparent
successes and they might be dedicated to exposing you.

     It  is risky to presume to strive for great  success.
Perhaps it would be safer not to try to be successful.  To
justify  such timidity one may come up with all  sorts  of
rationalization which are based more on fear than on fact.
The presumptions are just that.  They are self-referential
which   often  fly  in  the  face  of   objective   facts.
Successful people often are driven by irrational fears  of
failure and rejection.
                         (c) 1997 by Paul A. Smith in
                      "Search for Integrity and Honesty"
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)

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