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SUCCESS20SECRETNever Allow Failure to Be an Option
There is nothing to fear but fear itself.
—FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
THE FEAR OF failure is the greatest single obstacle to success in adult life. Note that it is not failure itself. Failure makes you stronger and more resilient and more determined. It is the fear of failure or the anticipation of failure that can paralyze your thoughts and your activities and hold you back from even trying to do the things that you need to do to be a big success.
A young journalist once asked Thomas J. Watson Sr., the founder of IBM, how he could be more successful faster. Watson replied with these wonderful words: “If you want to be successful faster, you must double your rate of failure. Success lies on ...
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