3 Reason You're Actually Scared to Fail | Episode 226
She's Equipt with Jennifer Allwood | The Christian Business Coach for Women
Jennifer Allwood: Christian Business Coach
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
It hurts my heart to see people spend so much time in energy into building their business, only to not launch their product, membership, or blog. Sometimes it's reasons like life or family stuff, but most of the time it comes down to good-old-fashioned fear. But where did that fear of failing come from? When we understand WHY we do the things that we do, then we can make a shift. When you know better you do better. I want to go over three main reasons why you might be so scared to fail in business. Because when you are an entrepreneur, failure WILL come. But friend, you are not your business. You have worth and value apart from your business.
Hit the Highlights
(04:17) Oftentimes pivoting and shifting is a fear-based response.
(05:57) Private failures become public spectacles.
(07:36) The opinion of man in a snare. (Psalm 29:25)
(09:24) If you are trapped, so is your spouse.
(11:40) Why you may be scared of making the wrong decision.
(17:50) Where feelings of unworthiness come from.
3 Main Reasons Why People Don't Want to Fail
- Other people will see your failure.
- You are worried about perceived punishment.
- Failure will confirm how we already feel about ourselves.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, friends, this is Jennifer, and this is the Jennifer Allwood Show, the podcast for women who want to find freedom in both their life and in their business. |
| 0:07.8 | I help women find the courage to fulfill their calling in life without sacrificing their faith or their family. |
| 0:13.8 | In this show, I give you my very best life and business advice, plus bring you world-class guests and give you a healthy dose of Jesus every single time. |
| 0:22.0 | So buckle in, my friend. |
| 0:23.1 | I'm so excited you're here today. |
| 0:27.1 | Well, hey you. |
| 0:27.7 | Welcome back to the podcast. |
| 0:31.0 | That was a weird little voice. |
| 0:32.3 | But I'm excited to chat with you today. |
| 0:33.6 | We are talking today on the podcast. |
| 0:35.7 | And I say, we as if I'm French. |
| 0:36.9 | No, it's just me. I am talking today on the podcast and I say we as if I'm French. No, it's just me. |
| 0:37.9 | I am talking today about three reasons that you may not want to fail in business. Now, |
| 0:44.7 | there's other things that this could actually apply to besides just business. But I have |
| 0:51.3 | been pondering and kind of marinating on and thinking about reasons why I see people |
| 0:59.5 | either not launch something out into the world. |
| 1:02.0 | You know, we just recently finished up my Better Way program, which is eight different ways |
| 1:05.3 | of making one in the online space. |
| 1:06.5 | And we've got people in there who are not launching their membership group or their course or |
| 1:13.8 | their blog or their one-on-one consulting or what have you. And sometimes it's, it's reasons like, |
| 1:20.3 | you know, life, sickness, family stuff. But a lot of the time it just comes right back to good old fashioned fear. And I think |
| 1:31.6 | that a lot of times people will understand that they're scared to fail. I think that sometimes |
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