High performers deal with mistakes differently than under performers, which is in part why they are high performers. High Performers are extremely critical of themselves, but they use their critical evaluation to change and improve, not to beat themselves up with negative thoughts.
This can confuse people because it appears that high performers are really hard on themselves with their thorough self-critiques. Again, the difference is that high performers mobilize their energy to improve themselves rather than beat themselves up thinking negative thoughts. Some high performers learn to get rid of negative thoughts so well that the thoughts are almost nonexistent. Here’s an amazing one-minute video of how Jeremy Bloom, a three-time world-champion freestyle skier turned successful entrepreneur, sharing how he gets rid of negative thoughts.
An antidote is defined as a remedy that counteracts poison. And fear can be one of the most potent emotional poisons to your success. Fear of selling is likely your greatest obstacle in selling more effectively (whether you’re selling yourself, ideas, products or services).
The good news though, is you can develop a powerful antidote to fear. The antidote to fear of selling is …
A 30-something entrepreneur says, “I don’t think my family [of origin] will accept me if I’m wealthy.”
A 15-year-old female swimmer was afraid to swim a senior national qualifying time, saying, “People’s expectations will just be so much higher. I don’t want the stress of higher expectations.”
A salesperson was afraid to have a really good year because …
Jeremy Bloom, a three-time world-champion freestyle skier, two-time Olympian, and now successful entrepreneur shares the mindset that helped him develop wold-class mental toughness (resilience) and also, courage and confidence.
If you would like to develop a success mindset, like Jeremy Bloom did (it’s a learned process) click here for more information.
Fear of failure is one of the greatest blocks to success, in every aspect of life. Jeremy Bloom has been a top male model, three-time world champion freestyle skier, played three years of NFL football and built two successful entrepreneur companies during the great recession of 2008-2009. He has accomplished all this at the age of 29. In an interview I did for a book I am writing, Jeremy shared how he has in his words, “failed more than I have succeeded” and how he learned to overcome fear of failure.
Here’s a four minute video with Jeremy describing his unique perspective on failure and fear of failure.
In my survey of small company CEOs (entrepreneurs), I found that 100 percent of CEOs wanted more courage and confidence in at least some situations, and 100 percent knew they had fears that were blocks to their success and their companies’ success.
They later admitted, when they saw this data, that it was a relief to realize that all of their colleagues also had fears and they weren’t alone.?? Does it help you to know that you aren’t alone and that highly successful CEOs experience fears as well? Fear of failure is one of the most common fears that blocks the success of business leaders, entrepreneurs and sales professionals. The fear of failure is a tricky fear though, because it has many faces — some obvious and some not. Here are seven of the faces of fear of failure and some ways to overcome fear of failure …
