Fear Of Failure: The Leading Cause Of Procrastination

Fear Of Failure: The Leading Cause Of Procrastinationthat I wanted.
If you have ever had problems with ignoring importantNearly every day for ten years I came up with plans,
tasks and waiting until the last minute to take care ofgoals, and all kinds of blueprints for success that I
your responsibilities, then this article will open your eyesfound through research. I must've had two or three
to a psychological truth that is considered to be thedozen ideas that I could start immediately for a
leading cause of procrastination.personal business. But I never quite ran off with it. Day
First, let us be clear to the fact that not everybody'safter day, week after week, month after month, I
problems can be solved in one day or by just onewould stare down at my notes and say to myself "I'll
technique alone. We all have different reasons whystart tomorrow".
we continue self-defeating behaviors such asTomorrow never came
procrastination and we all have different histories thatAlthough I talked a big game about being a success,
has led up to our current state of habit patterns.taking action on them was a different story. I
However, there is one common variable that seems toprocrastinated on doing anything out of fear of failure. I
connect all people who procrastinate.was afraid to waste time on a project in case it failed.
That variable is called the "fear of failure"I was afraid to spend money on business resources in
Worrying that the outcome of a specific task will notcase the business didn't work out. I was scared that I
be good enough, or assuming that what you do will notwould let my family down if my business did not
have any impact, are behaviors that are associatedsucceed.
with the psychological habit of procrastination. ThisThe fear of failure kept me procrastinating which
habit is directly linked to the fear of failure. In otherprevented me from accomplishing my dream
words, if you look within yourself and are willing toFinally, I realized one day after looking back, that had I
face the truth, you will more than likely see that thejust took a small step each day and each week
reason for your procrastination problem stems fromtowards my goal of owning and operating my own
anxiety and stress over whether or not the outcomepersonal business, I would have built an incredible set of
of your tasks will match the goals you had for doingincome streams that would have allowed me to reach
them in the first place. I should know because fear ofmy goals years earlier. It was at this point that I had
failure kept me in poverty for almost 10 years.my breakthrough and realized that my enemy was
Don't let procrastination keep you down like it did to meprocrastination. As soon as I followed a few simple
for over 10 yearstechniques and started to take action, everything
Whether or not you have a problem withchanged and I am now running in owning my own
procrastinating on taking action that towards finances,home-based business.
anyone can relate to my personal story. For ten yearsHas fear of failure keeping you from taking action?
I had dreamed of becoming my own boss and startingYou may or may not relate to my story. However, as
a business. With three children, I always felt that it wasstated previously, I can bet that some form of
important to give my family everything they deservedprocrastination is keeping you from achieving a goal in
in terms of financial dependence, as well as freedom.life. Whether it's similar to mine in terms of financial
My husband slaved at his work to provide for all of usabundance, health-related, or has to do with
but it was never quite enough.relationships, whatever it is - it can all change if you
Having worked at several jobs since high school, I wasallow yourself to understand just how much of an
in a point in life where I wanted to stay home with myimpact the fear of failure has on influencing
growing children. So one day I decided I was going toprocrastination.
start my own business and start making the money