General
Fear is one of the main factors that hinder a person’s success. There’s a wonderful saying: “Fear serves no purpose.” If something is meant to happen, it will happen; our fear won’t prevent it. On the contrary, we attract our fears to ourselves, like a magnet… Whatever we sow—whatever we feed our minds—that is what we reap. Because of our fears, our brain thinks we’re somehow wanting negative things and turns the scenarios we envision into reality. Even without meaning to, we end up steering our brain in a negative direction with the images, scenarios, and little mental scenes we present to it. Our brain then thinks, “So my master wants me to be this way, to act this way. That’s exactly how we’ll be!” And then it draws those scenarios to us and leads us into that environment.
People often lose sight of the meaning of life when they experience failure. Professional life, economic factors, career, education, or romantic relationships are areas where people fear failure. However, failure is not the end of the world. On the contrary, the world’s most successful people are those who have failed and made mistakes time and time again. Fail, try again, fail, try again! This cycle breaks at some point, and success emerges. Failure is a precursor to success when sufficient motivation is achieved.
Failure should not shatter a person’s faith or cause them to turn their back on life. On the contrary, the experience gained from it should make a person more ambitious and motivated. Edison is the third person in the world with the most patents (1,903). Edison conducted 10,000 failed experiments in an effort to produce rubber from soybeans. “I have never been wrong; I have simply discovered 10,000 ways that don’t work,” he said, and went on to succeed in producing synthetic rubber.
The fear of failure is a powerful poison that hinders our growth and stifles our creativity. Face your fear of failure—there is no fear you cannot overcome with the power of awareness. If you know what you want, focus every day on doing better to move toward your ideal, and use your brain effectively, you can unleash the genius within you.
Here’s a striking example: American scientists got together and conducted a study. They asked themselves, “Can we build a computer that does what the human brain does?” They worked on it, racked their brains for days, and came to the conclusion that “yes,” it was possible. But they ran into two problems: First, this computer would have to be enormous. It would require an area the size of the United Kingdom… Second: It would need ten times the amount of electricity used by the city of New York just to run. Can you imagine that? Such power is inside your head—you carry this power within you. But because you don’t know how to use it, you don’t allow it to guide your life, help you live the life of your dreams, or assist you. In short, you’re not using this immense power. It’s like having a Ferrari at your disposal but no driver’s license—or driving it at a snail’s pace… It’s a truly painful situation. You own that Ferrari. Be aware of it!