Beat fear of failure
About this episode
The episode discusses overcoming the fear of failure and the importance of risk-taking for personal growth and success.
Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm, al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbil-'alāmīn, wa salātu wa salāmu 'ala ashrafil-anbiyā' wal-mursalīn, Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh ṣallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam, tasliman kathīran kathīrā. Umar Badu, my brothers and sisters, we are looking at the rules of success. These are things that Allah subḥānahu wa ta'ālā sent us into this world to be successful, and to live a life which is productive, beneficial for all those connected with it—so for yourself, for people around you, and so on. Now, these rules of success: the first one they say is that most people spend their lives trying to avoid loss, playing not to lose. Basically, you are trying to protect the downside; you avoid risk, you avoid embarrassment, you avoid uncertainty, you avoid all things which might go against you. Therefore, you avoid growth. Because growth and progress are functions of risk-taking. You simply see how you walk. The most stable position for a person is to stand in one place, sit down, or lie down. If you are lying down, you can't fall. It's impossible to fall if you are lying down. But if you are lying down, you will lie down until you die because there is no way to…
Topics covered
- fear of failure
- success
- risk-taking
- personal growth
- self-improvement
Keywords
- fear of failure
- success
- risk
- growth
- self-improvement
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