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The fear of failure

- Bhuwan R Chataut "Fear suppresses creativity, originality and the ability to do things differently." "I strongly believe that dreamers and achievers prefer to fail rather than be afraid of failure." Fear is a common tendency of the mind. Some 2200 years ago, Patanjali mentioned explicitly that there are five innate friends of the mind — greed, lust, anger, jealousy and fear. And, when mind becomes free from its master — the consciousness; it simply shows its flaws and brings misery in one or the other way.  There are many types of fears — fear of death, fear of losing family and friends, wealth, power and control, fear of ill health, fear of rejection and criticism et cetera. Research says that the three things mankind fears most are public speaking, darkness and spiders. We are also most afraid of the fear of failure; however, failure itself is not scary. Yet, having no fear does not allow people to be cautious or careful. In fact, it compels a