Don’t be Afraid to Fail

Failure is a good thing

Har Narayan
2 min readAug 31, 2024
Photo by Lee Pigott on Unsplash

Yes, you’re afraid of failing!

You think failing at something means wasting your time. But let’s be honest, that’s not true, and it couldn’t be farther from the truth.

The reality is that, the more you fail, the more you learn. The more you learn, the more you understand. And the more you understand, the fewer mistakes you make. The fewer mistakes you make, the more you progress.

Don’t be afraid of failures because you only have to be right once.

Yet, deep down, you’re afraid of failing. You overthink thinking about what other people will think of you if you fail at the thing you’re doing. This means you’re not afraid of failing, you’re afraid of what other people will think about you when you fail.

But first thing first, you should stop thinking about what other people think about you. That’s not your job. Let them think what they think about you. Second, if you think failure is a big time-wasting, you’re dead wrong. Failure isn’t a time waster, it’s a time saver. Because when you fail you learn something from it. And that lesson helps you avoid big mistakes in the future.

And let me tell you a cold hard truth: There is no straight road to success. There is no…

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