I always talk about goals, vision, and purpose and how much I love all of these things. Honestly, I love shooting for the stars and then going after it. But when it comes down to it the last couple of day I have felt like a bit of a goals phony. I might just be this big goals smack talker. I say I love goals, they make me so excited but then when it comes down to the nitty gritty of writing it down, it scares my socks off sometimes. This week as I was sitting down ready to get my vision ON and theme for this year I was quite paralyzed. I am not sure why? Maybe because things are so new to us: business, new place to live, friends, church, school, responsibility with extended family. I am not sure what it is. But deep down I have this fear I am going to make the wrong goal, or I am going to let someone down or disappoint the ones I want to be my best for. I don't have ATYCHIPHOBIA, but yesterday I felt a little constricted and fearful.
Atychiphobia is the abnormal, unwarranted, and persistent fear of failure, a type of specific phobia.[1] As with many phobias, atychiphobia often leads to a constricted lifestyle,[2] and is particularly devastating for its effects on a person’s willingness to attempt certain activities.
A person afflicted with atychiphobia considers the possibility of failure so intense that they choose not to take the risk. Often this person will subconsciously undermine their own efforts so that they no longer have to continue to try.[4] Because effort is proportionate to the achievement of personal goals and fulfillment, this unwillingness to try, that arises from the perceived inequality between the possibilities of success and failure, holds the atychiphobic back from a life of meaning and the realization of potential.[5]
I think there are some of us who will never WRITE down or tell someone our goals because we are afraid of failure. I don't want something like fear of failing to ever define me, I won't let it. Better to try and fail miserably then to not try at all. I am learning through books and podcast that the most successful people FAIL ALOT! Most of the time I would say I am pretty big risk taker, but for some reason, THIS YEAR, there is a blank page staring back at me. I have recorded my thoughts in spoken words HERE..hope this encourages you as you dream and make your year purposeful.
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