It was Friday afternoon and I had a deadline to finish and publish an article with the title ‘Dare to Fail’. The purpose was to have it contain interesting insights and learnings.
The fear of failure fascinates me. It is such a strong limitation to individuals and companies when it comes to innovation, creativity, motivation and a true test and learn culture.
While writing and structuring the short article my inner critical voice became stronger and stronger. In the end it was shouting “It is not good enough”. I actually stopped editing. There was no articled and I dared myself to write about my failure instead.
Maybe you recognize yourself? I decided to have compassion with myself. Instead I will pick it up at a later stage when my inner judge would be less powerful.
Have some compassion with your self now and then!