I’ve Overcome My Fear of Failure

Here’s How I Did It

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For a long time, my biggest fear used to be failure. Which is ironic, considering the line of work that I am in. One of the key principles of Continuous Improvement is that you need to test things regularly. By design, this line of work is littered with the failures of ideas, concepts, and initiatives.

However, the thing that can never be engineered out of processes, no matter how advanced AI gets, is people. And, as humans, we will always have this idea of wanting to be successful and having pride in the work we do.

This goes back to when survival depended on us being a contributor to the tribes we found ourselves in. If we weren’t contributing favorably to the tribe, we would have been risking being kicked out. In that scenario, survival would be much more difficult if you were depending on yourself for everything.

Even though life has changed significantly since the days of living in tribes, we are still a part of them. We still have the desire to feel appreciated and wanted by those we associate with. I know that I want to feel like I matter and that those I work with appreciate and value my contribution.

I haven’t met anyone who would disagree with the idea that we are all under a lot of pressure to perform in our workplaces and jobs. The current…