Fear Of Failure

“If there's a fear of failure, if there's a fear of mistakes, that's a choice, but do not expect high levels of innovation and creativity because those things are mutually exclusive.”

“Fear of failure is an underrated motivator, let me tell you. But when all of your relatives know that you've started this company and you see all these people every summer at the lake, you realize that you had better make it succeed or you are going to be hear…”

“Well, that fear of failure is almost a universal phenomena. And rather than seeing it as a means of actually empathetically connecting with other people in the industry, we inadvertently, and because of the shame producing phenomena, use it to isolate ourselve…”