Failure is always on everyone's minds, creeping in with fear and anxiety. It's hammered in from all directions, making it hard to accept. Yet, embracing failure is key to finding success, even if it holds one back at times.
You might remain in familiar routines, clinging to your comfort zone, and making excuses to avoid the possibility of failing. Therefore, most people tend to opt out of opportunities for growth and advancement, using isolation as a shield against potential setbacks. Even when people muster up the courage to try new things, the fear of failing hangs over them like a dark cloud, dampening their efforts.
According to the statistics of the US Bureau of Labor, 75 percent of startups fail in the first ten years. Experts at Harvard Business Review suggest that instead of ignoring fear, there are so many leaders who have chosen to understand it and learn from it, transforming it into fuel to improve their performance.
Arianna Huffington in her book, 'On Becoming Fearless', explains that fear cannot be eliminated but you can reach a point where it no longer governs or stops you from trying new things, taking risks, and starting over to be happy. She assures that “fear is a very primary reaction, making the decision to move forward, despite it being an evolutionary decision that transcends our animal nature.”
Although in the Lean Startup methodology, it is said that it is important to fail quickly and frequently, no one wants to do it because it means many things, the possibility of going bankrupt, attracting social stigma, losing your livelihood, and so on. The trick is that failure is part of the process and not the final result.

Here are some tips on how to internally strengthen yourself, which is crucial, and then expand outward to translate that inner strength into professional advancement:
1. Accept Fear and Move On.
2. Differentiate Your Fear of Failure.
3. Observe Your Emotions and Control Them.
4. Use Your Fear to Your Advantage to Solve Problems.
5. Learn.
6. Look For Support.
7. Accept Failure When it Comes.
By:
Carla De La Vega and Revathi Sreejith