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Overcoming Fear: Strategies to Build Mental Toughness

Overcoming Fear: Strategies to Build Mental Toughness

Update: 2025-04-24
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Show Notes: Overcoming the Fear of Failure

In today’s episode, we dive into one of the most common barriers to growth and success—the fear of failure. I share my personal experiences with fear, including how I almost let fear keep me from pursuing my passion and growing my business. You’ll learn powerful strategies to confront and conquer the fear of failure, including practical tools like Fear-Setting and the 5-Second Rule, both of which can help you take that first step and move forward, even when doubt creeps in.

Key Topics:

    • The Fear of Failure: Why we often avoid taking action due to the fear of failure, and how to shift your mindset from fear to growth.
    • Building Mental Toughness: How self-compassion, vulnerability, and embracing mistakes can lead to stronger resilience.
    • Fear-Setting: A powerful exercise from Tim Ferriss that helps you identify your worst-case scenarios and make a plan to prevent or handle them.
    • 5-Second Rule: Mel Robbins’ simple but effective technique for pushing through procrastination and fear to take action.
    • Let Them Theory: Mel Robbins’ advice on letting go of the fear of judgment from others and staying focused on your own goals.

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Mentioned in This Episode:

    • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
    • The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
    • Rising Strong: The Reckoning, The Rumble, The Revolution by Brené Brown
    • Harvard Commencement Address by J.K. Rowling
    • The High 5 Habit by Mel Robbins
    • Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins

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Overcoming Fear: Strategies to Build Mental Toughness

Overcoming Fear: Strategies to Build Mental Toughness

Tracey Erasmus