I know I can't be the only one who has ever gone through the feeling: "But what if it fails?"
Among all those other questions that raise when you're working on planning it.
I'm currently working on an idea that I believe I could implement, I'm doing the calculations and it'd be profitable. But whenever I continue working on it, the questions pop up in my head. After all, life is unpredictable sometimes, and the whole project could fail due to even minor mistakes.
So how do you get over those questions? Have they ever held you down?
If not, I'm so happy for you, but if so, how?
Posted by EthePear
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I’m not too far ahead of you in the process, but I get through it by telling myself that it will succeed, while also realizing that if I give it my all and fail, then it will still be worthwhile because of everything I will learn.
So in other words going all in is a win win, either you succeed and achieve everything you were looking for. Or, you fail and get valuable lessons that you can apply to your next venture.
The only way you lose is if you quit trying.
You have to remember that anybody who has ever created anything has bouts of doubt. You just have to ride the wave and do it. If it’s successful, great. If it fails, you’ve learned valuable lessons that few people have the courage to learn on their own
You have to be ok with risk and ok with the possibility it will fail. It’s ok.
Entrepreneurs learn from failure.
Failure is the only way to win. Find out what went wrong and implement changes to your strategy. Start thinking “what if I succeed” instead of the “what if I fail”
I already failed 3 times and I’m already used to it. Go to a cemetery and ask yourself “What do u have to lose after all?”.
So what if it fails? What happens? Will you die or something?
No, you won’t. Fear of failure is what stops most people from ever doing anything out of the ordinary and its funny because you will never learn as much as quickly as you do when you truly try and fail at something.
I started an ecom business when I was 23 and had 12k saved up. I was working as a software engineer so I had a skill I felt I could always fall back on. I looked at it like, what’s the worst that can happen, I try for a year, it doesn’t work out, I’m slightly embarrassed and I get back on the same career path 1 year behind? At the time, I was constantly told “you’ll set yourself back, you’ll fall behind while everyone is advancing in their career” Lol, fall behind one fuckin year?! Who gives a shit! It blows my mind that that stops people from taking chances, but I hate working for people more than your average person. So the main risk is falling behind one year and wasting 12k, and the potential reward is ultimate freedom, ownership of my time, and potentially getting way richer than I ever possibly could in my current career path? To me its a no brainer.
Look I’m oversimplifying it a bit I know that, but the answer to your question is to reframe how you look at failure. You will learn SO much even if you spend a year grinding on the idea and ultimately fail. You need to weigh out the risk and rewards. I always knew I wanted to start businesses but learned how to code first because I wanted to have a valuable skill that I’d be able to fall back on. Don’t be an idiot, but don’t let the fear of failure stop you from trying.