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Worried You're Going to Fall Flat on Your Face?

Me too - here's why you should do it anyway!

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Jo Barnes
Jun 09, 2025
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What if the thing holding you back from going for your dreams isn’t failure, but your fear of feeling foolish for even trying?

You know what I’m talking about.

That idea that won’t leave you alone. The dream you’ve shelved because… what if it flops? What if no one cares? What if you look like a right idiot for putting yourself out there?

Left unchecked, that fear turns into regret. Quiet at first. Then louder with every year you delay.

Instead, what if you chose to try anyway?

For the joy, for the learning, for the life you want, or just for the hell of it!

What might happen then?

The Question That Changes Everything

Most self-help books love to ask: What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?

It’s meant to inspire, to remove fear from the equation and open up possibility.

But in her awesome book Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert asks something far more powerful:

“What would you do even if you knew you might very well fail?”

That’s a different question entirely.

It removes the safety net. No guar…

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