These 2 Fears Are Stopping You From Succeeding

We all have fears. It would be strange if we didn't. Without them nothing would stop us running into flames or swimming out into the middle of the ocean. But fears can also (and mainly) be negative. They can prevent you from making the necessary leaps to achieve your goals. The two biggest fears that do this are poverty and death.

Fear of poverty

None of us want to be broke. And most of us want to be rich. But there's a paradox here. All the richest, most successful people weren't scared of poverty. In fact, they were quite happy losing everything they had if it meant there was a chance they could hit the jackpot with the risk. Walt Disney went broke trying to start up his first film studio, and had the file for bankruptcy. Imagine if he let that fear stop him from trying again. How different would the world be today? You have to be willing to risk it all, to gain it all. As long as you believe in your vision, this should be possible.

Fear of death

You might wonder what death has got to do with starting a business or succeeding in general. But the fact is it has everything to do with it. If you're scared of death, which is essentially scared of the unknown, then that fear will drop into all walks of life. Before you know it, your anxiety will creep up everywhere. Going to big cities will be harder, due to fear of terrorists. You will worry about what you touch, due to fear of disease (or virus!). It's a dangerous rabbit hole to go down. Epicurus, a Greek philosopher, concluded that for all we know death is nothing. It's something we will never have the mind to experience, because we won't be alive to be able to. So, in that case, why worry about something that will never affect you?