Hey, I'm Marie Forleo, and this is the Marie Forleo podcast. If you want to talk about your business, your life, your health, your relationships, and even more, I gotta tell you, you are in the right place we do it all with humor

and heart so let's dive in. If you've been thinking of making a major change in

your life but the fear of failure is holding you back.

I really think you're going to love today's show.

This question is from Rajani, who writes,

hi Marie, I'm 32 recently divorced and a mother of a

wonderful three and a half year old boy. I've been working in the health

insurance field for over five years now. I work alongside nurses and

hearing them talk about their cases and reviewing

charts has made me want to go into the field of nursing.

The biggest thing that's holding me back is fear of failure. I'm afraid I won't have the motivation to keep up

with studying and would fail at my classes. I'm hoping that you can guide me in

the right direction. Thank you for all you do.

Rajani, this is a great question. You know, fear of failure is one of the most common,

if not the biggest, dream killers of all time. So you are not alone my friend. But if you're serious about turning this beautiful

dream into a reality, which I think you are, there are two things that I want you to do. Number

one, follow your fear. Look, it's totally okay to be afraid. All

it means is you're about to do something really brave and important to you. It means that you're about to do something

that's going to force you to grow as a human. So don't resist it. I want you to

embrace it. I want you to follow it. Because here's the thing that most people don't realize.

Fear is often instructive and it is directive.

Really, it's like a GPS for our souls want us to go.

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