Fear of failure: pseudo-security & mania for perfection

Similar to the cuddling course, the idea has also established itself in our lives that we have to be flawless. Especially in professional life Term of failure is still used synonymously with failure. And everything has to work the first time. How fatal!

Just risk nothing

A stringent one Curriculum vitae no frills is a guarantee of professional success. Everything has to work out the first time: high school diploma, Application and career advancement in the new job. The consequence of this thinking is dramatic: Out Anxiety in front of a “black spot” in the CV, nothing is risked anymore!

The Courage, at a decision daring something is nipped in the bud, the reflection of one's own Performance equal to. Innovations are thus prevented.

Dead end faultlessness

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Also the psychological pressure on the worker increases. Employee potential is braked. What remains is the old, which has proven itself already and which one believes with him a success guarantee.

Fortunately, the topic of perfectionism is becoming more and more important. And with that comes the realization that in our Society Flawlessness, which is actually positively documented, also has its downsides - explicitly also in everyday working life.

Perfectionism - sensible in moderation

While it is in moderation usefulwanting to be perfectionist and error-free in everyday working life, but exaggerated perfectionism does more harm than good. Because perfectionism usually arises from fear and personal insecurity.

For example, the fear of being criticized or rejected by others. Or the fear of failing in the job or getting more jobs as a self-employed person. And fear can not be a basis for successful work.

How does perfectionism show itself?

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The causes of perfectionist behavior lie on the one hand in the Education justified – but so is our society Debt on this tick. i.a. Perfectionism shows through:

• Detail obsession and the fear of making mistakes that takes an incredible amount of time
• Thinking black and white, which leads to a general assessment of situations and thus to make problems.
• Sensitivity to criticism and pressure
• Bossiness, because you can not see how to make mistakes
• The inability to delegate work because you want to control everything

There are more people who surrender than fail!

The desire for safety and thus freedom from errors and perfection is understandable - but a mistake! There is no guarantee, no security in life and you can't expect it from anyone else. The only security one can find is within oneself. I and no one else have my life in the Hand.

Henry Ford put it beautifully: “There is more Peoplewho surrender than fail!" It is one thing to set out on the path, another to “follow through” the planned project. Stopping halfway or even reversing is a common behavior.

It is to remain as it is

Reversing is convenient. If everything stays the same, we do not have to deal with anything new and we do not have to fight for a new place.

We are something where we are: We have found our place among colleagues, we have a certain reputation with Executive achieved and compared to our competitors we are doing quite well. We don't want to give up this position. We deal with that satisfiedwhat we have... sounds good. But does it also make us happy?

Failure as an opportunity

You have to see it like this: failure is always only an intermediate state. A milestone after a stage that can be left behind. Failure allows us to reflect on our actions, to challenge ourselves, and to discover new aspects of ourselves. It teaches us to achieve success by other means and by other means, and thus makes us more flexible.

We can react better to difficult situations because we have gained experience and know that there is always a plan B. The actress Natalie Portman put it in a nutshell: “Failure takes away the fear of failure.”

Only those who are lying down really fail

If a “defeat” is in sight, you should, to put it bluntly, encounter it “sportily”. It is not a natural law to stay put! Earth's gravity may make the fall easier, but it is more important to collect and bundle your own forces to get up again.

Only those who lie will really fail!

The black spot as proof of the re-emergence

The presumed black spot in the CV can also be one: Best evidence that the supposed failure followed a standing up and the person who is going to have the courage and the strength to go on and look forward.

This makes mature personalities. From the viewpoint of work, a characteristic which may weigh more than a striking resume.

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