This week on the pod, we’re chatting about fear of failure, how it holds us back in our business, and concrete steps we can take to overcome it.

Here’s the highlights:

- Research by Babson College shows that women report being afraid of failure more than men, which means that there are significantly less female entrepreneurs.

- Imposter Syndrome is already so strong. We already don't feel like we belong in these spaces, which makes us extra sensitive to failure because it reinforces what we already fear.

- The problem is that failure is essential for business owners. We cannot grow without risk, and risk carries an increased chance of failure.

- Not only does it stop us from pursuing opportunities, it causes us to feel insecure when we do pursue them

- Creative entrepreneurship is also more subjective; you could present a project to a client and have them hate it (therefore, failing) even though it could be good work.

- 3 ways to combat fear of failure

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