Ask HN: How do you overcome fear of failure?

Re:Ask HN: How do you overcome fear of failure? by Radim on Monday February 13, 2017 @02:29AM (#13633688)

First, cost/benefit analysis to see if it's worth the effort (mental, financial, time).

If so, I commit to the project publicly and preferably make other people dependent on its success, because:

Fear of failing others > fear of my own failure.

I like lighting fires under my ass. Being chill and "whatever, it's a learning curve" doesn't help me get things done.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you overcome fear of failure? by alpn on Monday February 13, 2017 @02:57AM (#13633790)

> I like lighting fires under my ass.

This is probably the best advice OP could get. By doing so, you're basically forcing your fearful/lazy self into action.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you overcome fear of failure? by ryanmarsh on Monday February 13, 2017 @03:17AM (#13633858)

I'm not lazy in any sense. All I do is work. I'm afraid to show my work.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you overcome fear of failure? by alpn on Monday February 13, 2017 @03:32AM (#13633916)

I didn't mean to say you're lazy. I just think that the same advice holds for general procrastination, which is itself, often related to fear of failure, but could be mistakenly interpreted as laziness.

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