Fear of Success: Why You’re Scared of Achieving Your Dream Business | #244

About this episode

In this episode, Shannon Russell discusses the fear of success and its impact on entrepreneurship and career transitions.

👉 Start Your Second Act Strategy Call with Shannon here. Have you ever been more afraid of your dream coming true than of it failing? Fear of failure is real, but what about the fear of success? In this episode of the Second Act Success Podcast, Shannon Russell, business coach for women and author of Start Your Second Act, dives into one of the most overlooked blocks in entrepreneurship and career transitions: the fear of actually succeeding. If you’ve been procrastinating launching your bu...

People in this episode

Host: Shannon Russell

Topics covered

• fear of success
• entrepreneurship
• career transition
• business coaching
• women in business

Keywords

• fear of success
• dream business
• entrepreneurship
• career change
• business coach

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Start Your Second Act

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