As much as we all want to achieve success, sometimes some form of fear comes to mind and it is such a fear that has made some people decide not to anticipate as much success as they should. I am sure we have heard a lot about the fear of failure which makes people work extra hard, but the fear of success isn't so popular, and it happens a lot too, it's just that, it's not something people feel comfortable talking about.
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Some people worry that success could come with some type of changes either in themselves or their partners, since they do not want such change to happen, they would rather remain unsuccessful.
We must be able to handle the fear of success and handle it well so that it will not hold us back in our personal life and work lives as well. With the fear of success lingering close, we will feel stuck and unfulfilled. We must identify the signs that come with the fear of success, so we know how to fight against it.
With fear of success, we easily stay clear from tasks or anything that would lead to prompt growth as we are scared of the success that may come afterwards. Not being able to commit to progress or not giving your best to the achievements of a project because you are scared of achieving excessive success or too much appraisal.
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Downplaying achievements, trying to stay off spotlights, and trying to give praise to another person even when you deserve it. The decision to quit on a project even while success is close is a big sign to watch out for as well.
A person who has the fear of success may feel guilty for taking the glory from a person who has been winning for a long time, they would prefer the person keeps on winning rather than getting into the win themselves.
Some situations trigger the fear of success, it may be childhood trauma where the child has been made to feel incapable consistently and when it follows them to adulthood, the child may always feel incapable of amounting to any significant greatness.
Having a mindset of incapability also creates this fear of success, no matter what such individual achieves, they always look for someone to praise about it, and they never feel capable of achieving it on their own. Others may just be extraordinary introverts who never want to be at the center of attention.
No matter what the reason for the fear of success is, we must understand that it is a very limiting idea that prevents us from achieving our dreams and life goals. We must learn to fight the fear of success as though our life depends on it because, at the end of the day, we will be frustrated we didn't fight it.
The first way to fight it is to become conscious of your thoughts and actions. Silent every negative thought or idea that continues to play in your head or your mind.
Acknowledge what your fear is, write it down and make it a point of duty to fight it with all you have, do not give room for limitations.