Overcoming the Fear of Success

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The fear of success can subconsciously paralyze a business owner from reaching stated goals, according to psychologists who study the phenomenon. These entrepreneurs might not believe they deserve success and unknowingly sabotage their chance of reaching success. The idea of increased responsibility might reveal weaknesses they don’t want to face and expose their limitations. The concept of success produces anxiety in some business owners because excitement and fear create similar physiological reactions by the body’s central nervous system. Entrepreneurs who concentrate on success see the big picture in spite of setbacks that occur along the way. They view mistakes as [...]