Here's how you can conquer your fear of failure in your professional life.

"Conquering the fear of failure in your professional life requires a proactive approach. Start by setting realistic goals and breaking them down into manageable tasks. Embrace the mindset that failure is a natural part of the learning process and an opportunity for growth. Seek feedback from mentors and colleagues to gain valuable insights and continuously improve. Remember that taking calculated risks is essential for professional development. By facing your fears head-on and learning from setbacks, you can build resilience and confidence in your career."

Fear is the biggest emotion that can interfere with progress. The fear of the unknown or for me, the fear of failure is what kept me "stuck" and not living at my full potential. As a newer entrepreneur, I would allow fear to prevent me from networking "what If I say the wrong thing." even from posting and promoting my services. "what if I am bothering people". I had to face my fears by doing it anyways. The more I showed up for myself because I knew what I was talking about, the more fear and self-doubt fizzled in my head. Do it anyways!

I started in the area I knew, Physical therapy and slowly increased my business services to online fitness coaching creating a model that can reach more women but also allows me to use my expertise. I set monthly and quarterly goals and do what I can. Whatever doesn't get done, gets added to the next month as a priority. They are realistic and achievable.

This is a great one. Embrace learning. I educate client and patients alike but I wouldn't be able to if I didn't keep up with my knowledge base in the field of physical therapy, rehabilitation, nutrition and fitness. I am constantly listening to podcasts on the subject or taking required CEUs for my license but in the areas I am passionate about. In addition to my own learning, I have a coach/mentor as well.

Earlier I mentioned setting monthly and quarterly goals. I started doing that this year and now reflect at the end of each month to not only check things off the list but to celebrate my wins. You don't recognize how much you have actually accomplished until you sit down and look back.

In order to deal with this type of fear in professional life, we should first admit that we have this fear, and then try to establish readily achievable objectives. Fear is very common in the process of growth, do not try to avoid it. Subdivide what you want to achieve into achievable targets and learn to be joyful every time you succeed in making even tiny increments of progress towards the achievement of your goals. This loving approach brings confidence when fear is motivation and helps to realise the dream of the heart with courage and determination.