Don’t be afraid to fail.

What if we decided that failure is okay?

That it’s nothing to fear.

All of the innovative thinkers across the world will tell you that their success was built on a foundation of failed ideas… all leading to new insights… paving the way for expanded original thought and ultimately success. Failure brings us one step closer to figuring it out.

Fear of failure keeps us small, and “safe”, and “comfortable”.

But the magic happens in the expanded state of risk-taking, courage, and adventure. What if we welcomed failure as bringing us one step closer to the manifestation of our dreams?

A few months ago the head of a publishing company asked me to co-write a book. I enthusiastically agreed, and then had a mini melt-down. I’d never done a project of this scope. What if I wasn’t ready for this; not capable?

What if I failed?

And then my highest consciousness kicked in with a simple response.

It said, “So what?”    

And I meant it. So what!

It was such a relief. The fear of failure is so heavy. It felt amazing to set it down.

I understood that failure speak is only the ego’s expression of fear. This was something big and new. Of course I had a right to be afraid. So I told myself what I’d tell anyone else. What is failure anyway, but an opportunity for obtaining new experience? Never, through a failure experience, have I walked away without new tools, new strategies and strengths to utilize for my next great attempt, whatever that may be.

If we had no instinctual tendency to avoid failure, imagine what we’d all grow into. Having no fear of failure is perhaps the greatest success, regardless of what we accomplish.