Why? Why is everyone afraid to fail? Why do people prefer to stay aside, not talk, and do nothing when they feel they should or want to? Isn’t it a part of our lives? Isn’t it the way we actually learn?

Think about it! As a child did you know how to walk? Did you know how to eat alone? Or write? Or read? No! First, you tried to stand on your feet and you fell. But did you stop there? No! You really wanted to walk so you tried again. And it still didn’t work, but then, at one point you stopped, looked around you, and watched how your parents were doing it. Then your brain starts to learn from watching others doing it. So you see after the first step you have to make another so you get up and do one step again and this time instead of stopping you get the other foot in front of you and do another step! Wow! It works! That’s how we all did it, how we all learned everything in our lives, and still do! We put our minds to one thing and then start learning. So when we got to learn the alphabet we started with ABC.

Then we got to create words and it takes quite a while till we get to actually start reading and writing. But we all want to get there eventually. Sometimes we might forget what “H” looks like, or forget how to read the “X”, but what do you do? You stop? NO! You go back and learn it again until you remember it and it becomes part of your knowledge bank.

Because we really want to learn how to write and read.

Now, if we really want to be financially free then this is the way you have to think: "Look, obviously I don`t know it all, but I can learn it step by step, and eventually I will get there because that is the path I have chosen."

You eat an elephant one byte at a time right? Well, that`s how we learn, one thing at a time. Today we may fail at one thing but tomorrow we will get the hang of it, and find some other thing to fail at… without failure, there is no chance to learn anything really because every failure actually shows us how not to do things.

Think of the game example I gave last time. You are very good at a game you play and you don`t put in as much effort in playing it as much as you did the first time, because you know the game, you played it that many times that you now know how to get over the hard stuff you could not get over when you first started. You now have a solid knowledge of how to play it. You failed at first but you found out not to take that path or not to push that button in that moment and just wait for it a bit longer! You learned it step by step. So that’s how things go on with everything that you try to learn in your life. Think about it!

Did you know Thomas Edison failed 10.000 times before he invented the light bulb? Imagine his belief!! Imagine how many times he could have just said ”I give up!” and everyone would understand him for sure. But can you also imagine how many people around him were talking behind his back saying he is crazy and that his dream is impossible to reach? Maybe he even knew people were talking about him but still he didn’t lose his faith and he never gave up.

You see, no one sees the pain and the struggle behind every great achievement. We can only see the victory and the success but the tears and sorrows are hidden inside the strong desire and willingness to achievement that he strongly kept inside him no matter what the outside world was!

All the people that used to tell me what I wanted to achieve could not happen… can they tell me now that I was lucky? What if I was to listen to their words and let myself down and not work hard for my dream? Would you think I would still be that lucky? Or would you say that at one point our luck depends on what actions we take regardless of our failures?

And why is everyone afraid of failure? When I failed on my first business I found out what did not work so then I knew what to do differently and what to change. If we don`t fail how do we know what not to do, so we do what we have to do to be successful?

So don’t be afraid to fail! We all do and, if we don’t, it just means we are not doing anything! So therefore there is no chance we can learn anything… but also no chance of doing anything but being slaves to the ones who have a dream and are not afraid to fail but keep on working on their dreams no matter what!

It is easier to give up than to fight for our dreams? Or is it easier to live without having them fulfilled?