What if it doesn't work? What if I suck at this? What if I get rejected?

The shadow of potential failure can loom over our dreams, making us hesitate to take chances

in the first place. So how can we overcome this fear?

Welcome back to Savi Psychologist. I'm your host Dr. Jade Wu. Every week I'll help

you meet life's challenges with evidence-based research, a sympathetic ear, and zero judgment.

Today, let's walk through five evidence-based tips for being bold and shaking our unhelpful

fear of failure. Have you ever wondered if you could do stand-up comedy, start a small

business, become a YouTube star, get into graduate school, run for political office?

What fun ideas for your life have you considered, and why haven't you tried to go for it?

For many of us, the moat between us and something we want to try is usually made of a particular

type of anxiety, fear of failure. And this is not just something you and I experience.

The most daring CEOs and charismatic performers will admit that they felt this fear too.

In fact, no matter how accomplished we are, how hardworking and how talented our lives

are just riddled with ways to fail. The social failure of being rejected, the romantic

failure of a broken relationship, the professional failure of being fired, or even of not being

promoted, or not becoming a smash hit when you release your next single, even if we're

not dreaming that big, the possibility of everyday types of failures looms large.

And the more we let this fear get in the way of us taking leaps, the smaller our world

becomes.

So what to do in this minefield of possible failures? How do we move boldly forward so

we can take the chances that may bring incredible rewards? This week let's examine failure

up close and find five tips for how to overcome our fear of it.

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