Anyone who is enjoying success today has faced failure, and not just once, but many times.

The difference between those who succeed and those who call themselves failures is often just one step.

What if Thomas Edison gave up trying to invent the light bulb after just 1000 attempts at finding the right material? After all 1000 attempts is a LOT of time and effort.

This quote from Thomas Edison shows his attitude towards failure:

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Do you know that the fear of failure will always paralyze your attempts to step out and succeed in your chosen path in life.

Fear is one of the strongest emotions that can pop up and try to stop you from succeeding.

Fear comes in many shapes and forms. Sometimes we may even mistake fear for precaution. Fear can even disguise itself as “being conservative”.

Now I am not saying that to succeed you have to be rash and reckless. Absolutely not. But you DO have to take some risks.

Someone said: “he is risks nothing, achieves nothing”. There is a great truth in that. Risk taking is a part of the path to success. Of course the risks need to be well calculated.

I know that the first time I flew out of Christchurch, New Zealand ..