blame.jpg1.  Fear of failure is really the fear of mediocrity.  Being mediocre means low quality, value, ability, or performance.  Only people who truly love you think you are special ‘just because’. 

However, people feel like failures because they know, subconsciously or not, that they are half-assing their way through life.

 2.  Failing is not the same as being a failure.  People fail their way to victory all of the time.  Look at Thomas Edison and the light bulb; he said “I didn’t have 1000 failures; I learned 1000 ways not to make a light bulb.”

3.  Being a failure takes a lifetime of work.  Being mediocre takes a lifetime of not giving a 100%, taking the easy way out, and sitting back. 

“No one gets respect for what they don’t do; they only get respect for what they actually do.”    

-PersistentIllusion’s better half

People wander through their lives wanting respect yet not living a life that earns it.

4.  Failure is usually the road not taken.  Being a failure usually comes from missed opportunities rather than botched ones. 

Failure starts with “if only”.

5.  You can quit being a failure NOW.  The good news is that you don’t have to live with mediocrity.  All you have to do is start giving 100% and stop half-assing your way through your life. 

The trick is to do it with everything.  Nothing is too small to do with excellence.  You should be anal retentive and a perfectionist, though.  There is a very solid line between giving a 100% and being obsessive. 

When you sit down to a task, don’t multi-task.  Give your objective 100% of your attention.  Don’t take yourself out of the game by whining about it or procrastinating.  If you aren’t willing to do it at 100% then don’t do it at all.