My question is simple yet can be very complex, do you fear failure? If so what is your definition of failure? If not, why don't you? I ask out of curiosity because I am in-between. I honestly do believe we learn best through our mistakes and so making them is not something I fear but failure in the bigger picture does scare me. Meaning that I am not able to achieve something meaningful in my lifetime scares me but making a mistake in the present worries me less because I learn what "not" to do next time. Of course the implications of failing in the present can lead to failure in the future but I also believe that you can in time correct your mistakes. So I feel a little failure now and again teaches us to be stronger and more resilient in the future.
I am just interested in what other people feel on this. I have always felt I was a little different in this feeling especially when comparing myself to friends and family. They are all fearful of failure in every meaning of the word. Making a mistake and not being perfect on everything scares them, so often, they will not try out of fear of failure. It does not make sense to me because there is no way as humans we could possibly be perfect, so why fear something that is bound to happen sometime? Of course I do understand this feeling in a way when it comes to interacting socially but I have even learned to overcome that fear and just talk to people but that took some effort to learn. So have you also noticed this with other people or maybe within yourself?
I am just interested in what other people feel on this. I have always felt I was a little different in this feeling especially when comparing myself to friends and family. They are all fearful of failure in every meaning of the word. Making a mistake and not being perfect on everything scares them, so often, they will not try out of fear of failure. It does not make sense to me because there is no way as humans we could possibly be perfect, so why fear something that is bound to happen sometime? Of course I do understand this feeling in a way when it comes to interacting socially but I have even learned to overcome that fear and just talk to people but that took some effort to learn. So have you also noticed this with other people or maybe within yourself?