ARTICLE

FindCenter AddIcon

Overcoming Fear of Failure: Facing Your Fear of Moving Forward

By Mind Tools Content Team

In this article, we’ll examine fear of failure: what it means, what causes it, and how to overcome it to enjoy true success in work, and in life.

Read on www.mindtools.com

FindCenter Post-Image

Feeling Weighed Down by Regret? What Helps Me Let Go

If we can process our regrets with tenderness and compassion, we can use these hard memories as a part of our wisdom bank.

Article
Nancy Candea
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

As Climate Worsens, Environmentalists Also Grapple with the Mental Toll of Activism

Today’s climate activists are driven by environmental worries that are increasingly more urgent, and which feel more personal.

Article
Alex Smith
2021
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

The Benefits of Failure

Failure can increase resilience and spur creativity, among other advantages.

Article
Nigel Barber
2021
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Everyone Fails. Here’s How to Pick Yourself Back Up.

Learning to fail is a skill like any other—which means it takes practice. Learn how to thrive in spite of even your most epic mistakes.

Article
Rachel Simmons
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

10 Healthy Ways to Cope with Failure

Knowing how to deal with failure in a healthy way takes some of the fear out of it—and it might reduce the pain so you can bounce back better than before.

Article
Amy Morin
2021
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

7 Important Lessons You Can Learn From Failure

Experiencing failure can teach you lessons that you wouldn’t have learned otherwise—you can learn from failure.

Article
Martin Lünendonk
2020
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

How to Overcome Your Fear of Making Mistakes

No one can reduce mistakes to zero, but you can learn to harness your drive to prevent them and channel it into better decision-making. Use these tips to become a more effective worrier.

Article
Alice Boyes
2020
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

The Failure Factor: Joe Cross on How to Cultivate Luck

To anyone out there who feels like they’re failing, it’s OK—that’s what we call ‘Life.’ —Joe Cross

Article
Megan Bruneau
2016
FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Failure