For one day on a Brooklyn, NY sidewalk, a large chalkboard
was displayed with the words "WRITE YOUR BIGGEST REGRET." Click here to view
video.
At the end of the day, the word that showed up most is the
regret felt for things not done. People
didn't regret failing; people most regretted failing to try. Fear of risk and failure
holds us back from pursuing dreams and goals. And we're left with regrets. Is
there a way to manage risk and avoid regret? Yes.
Author Jonathan Fields, in his book, Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance,
offers three questions to help you get over the fear of risk and failure.
One: What if I go to zero?
Suppose your goal doesn't work out as
planned. In fact, it is a big failure. What are you going to do now? How will
you recover from this place? Describe your plan in detail. This is the worse case
scenario. Once you see how you will recover, you know even a failure isn't the
end of the world. When you know you can recover, you proceed with more
confidence.
Two:
This question will help you understand
how much this goal means to you. If the idea seems too scary, too risky, and so
you ignore it and do nothing, how does this make you feel? Is doing nothing
okay with you or will it show up on a biggest regret list a few years from now?
Three:
And now for the fun part—what if this
crazy idea actually succeeds? How will this change your life? What will this
add to your life?
Risk or Regret. The decision is yours. How will you respond?
"Your biggest failure is the thing you dreamed of contributing,
but didn’t find the guts to do." –Seth Godin
Copyright 2019. Patrice Jenkins. All Rights Reserved.
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