Getting Brilliant Ideas: The Fear Of Failure
- The fear of failure and the stigma attached to failure limits our creative output.
- Fresh ideas don’t need the fear of being wrong or being labelled as stupid.
- Being wrong isn’t that bad either and makes a person humble, confident and self-assured.
- Laugh off failure and admit your mistakes to get past the stigma.
- To free up mind space, remove any distractions and give yourself plenty of time.
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