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How to fight fear of failure: Cover of I Want to Start a Business but I'm a Coward: A Fear by Fear Audit for Anyone Who Wants to Start Something by Diego Segura
I Want to Start a Business but I'm a Coward.

How to fight fear of failure: I Want to Start a Business but I'm a Coward.

A Fear by Fear Audit for Anyone Who Wants to Start Something.

Are you looking for help with “how to fight fear of failure”? Then this page is a good place to start. I Want to Start a Business but I'm a Coward: A Fear by Fear Audit for Anyone Who Wants to Start Something is one of the titles of I Want to Start a Business but I'm a Coward, a book by Diego Segura. First, read a short passage from it. After that, try the exercise below, and finally choose where to read or listen.

How to fight fear of failure: a passage from the book.

Find someone who closed a business at least two years ago. It can be your relative, your former colleague, your neighbour who once ran a shop, or someone your friend can introduce you to. If nobody comes to mind, ask three people you know whether they know anyone. Most people know at least one person who has closed a business, even if they have never talked about it.

From chapter 6: What happened to the people it happened to

What if you don't know anyone who closed a business? You probably do, because people rarely announce it. Ask a relative, a neighbour or a colleague whether they know someone. If you truly can't find anyone, CB Insights has published a large collection of post-mortems written by the founders of failed startups, but a conversation with a real person near you is worth far more than any of them.

From chapter 6: What happened to the people it happened to

That is how the book looks at “how to fight fear of failure”: one idea at a time, with a step you can take right away. Of course, this is only one idea from the book. So, if this passage speaks to you, the full chapter goes further, and it ends with an exercise you can do the same evening.

Check your fear in one minute.

Pick the fear that stops you, then answer three quick questions. The result tells you whether this fear is giving you facts or just noise.

The fear that stops me
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If it happened, could you recover within two years?
Could you test it this month without spending much?

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What else is inside I Want to Start a Business but I'm a Coward.

In short, the book has 11 chapters, and each one ends with a practical exercise. Therefore, you can read it in order, or you can go straight to the part about “how to fight fear of failure”.

  1. The safer road
  2. Afraid people see different odds
  3. Unknown is not unlikely
  4. Nobody checked your fear's record
  5. The worst case is written in a law you have never read
  6. What happened to the people it happened to
  7. When the coward is right
  8. Do not calm down
  9. The price of the safe choice
  10. Courage does not delete the fear
  11. Beginning while afraid

How to fight fear of failure: where to read it.

Finally, you can get I Want to Start a Business but I'm a Coward: A Fear by Fear Audit for Anyone Who Wants to Start Something in the stores below. Because every title of this book shares the same text, you can simply pick the one you like best. Also, the book is available in 19 languages.