4 Fears Undermining Your Success

Focus on This

Michael Hyatt

Timemanagement, Productivity, Organization, Planning, Achievement, Education, Worklifebalance, Business, Michaelhyatt, Focus, Goals

4.6 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In this Halloween-themed episode, Marissa and Ken explore the four fears that might be quietly undermining your success. They discuss why fear is normal (and designed to keep us safe), but also how it can lead to inaction if left unchecked. They break down why these four fears are so pervasive—and what you can do to overcome them.

Key Takeaways

Fear of Failure: If we’re scared to fail, we’ll be scared to try. Normalizing failure can be the key to progress.
Fear of Letting People Down: Overcommitting can lead to burnout. Setting healthy boundaries starts with self-awareness.
Fear of the Unknown: It’s natural to crave control, but true growth happens when you embrace uncertainty and focus on what you can control.
Fear of Success: Success can be intimidating if you believe it will change how others see you. Define success on your own terms to stay grounded.

Resources

Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend
Codependent No More by Melody Beattie
Full Focus Planner Community

Watch this on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/4FsCkU3MMDM

This episode was produced by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound

Transcript

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0:00.0	All right, it's Halloween week, and we're going to be talking about something a little scary.
0:07.3	My face?
0:08.0	No, Ken, not your face.
0:09.8	We'll leave that for another episode, okay?
0:12.0	Actually, I don't think people want.
0:13.6	We see enough of it.
0:14.5	We don't need to, like, go into a deep dive.
0:16.3	You know what I mean?
0:17.4	Okay.
0:17.9	What are we really talking about?
0:19.0	We're really talking today about four fears for
0:22.3	undermining your success. And we thought this was appropriate. It's Halloween week. Let's talk
0:28.2	about fears and dive a little bit deep. And we might get a little vulnerable today. Yeah,
0:34.3	I'm just going to ask you a lot of questions. It's going to be great. Put you on the hot tea.
0:36.8	Oh, amazing.
0:38.0	Fantastic.
0:38.6	Can't wait.
0:50.2	Welcome to another episode of Focus on this, the most productive podcast on the internet so you can banish distractions, get the right stuff done, and finally start loving Mondays. I'm Ken
0:55.1	Freda here with Marissa Hyatt. Hey, happy Monday. Happy Halloween week. Do you celebrate Halloween? Do you,
1:03.6	like, do you do the trick-or-treating? Do you do all the candy with all the things? You know,
1:08.1	my wife and I have debated it back and forth with our kids from just like our faith background and stuff like that. Last year was the other things. You know, we've, my wife and I have debated it back and forth with our kids
1:11.1	from just like our faith background and stuff like that. Last year was the first time we kind of did
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