Fight for Your Dreams – Don’t Let Fear of Failure Stop You, says Peter Theodorou

Paulo Coelho said, “Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.”

Unfortunately, many people do give up on their dreams because they fear failure. As a motivational speaker who has traveled widely across the world, Peter Theodorou says he has come across many people who have done so. According to him, if you have a dream, the first thing you should do is overcome any fear of failure. Allowing fear to take precedence will prevent you from moving forward to achieve your goals and lead you to miss many great opportunities in life.

Many successful people admit that they experienced fear of failure when they started out, but that this didn’t hold them back because of the way they decided how to look at it. This simply means that proactive people see failure as a stepping stone to success and not the “end of the world”. Every time they fail, they analyze the experience and learn from it. These lessons keep them from making the same mistake again and encourage them to persevere until they succeed. 

There are several reasons why you should follow your dreams and fight for them. For one thing, dreams make life worth living. They are the reason to keep you going, and even if you fail, you should get up and try again. 

Don’t let negative self-talk get in the way. Believe in yourself and take that risk with the confidence that you will eventually succeed, says Theodorou. Most people are afraid of what will happen if they fail. What you should realize is that the effects won’t be that bad and won’t kill you. So debunk all your fear of failure and chase your goals enthusiastically. 

Time will pass and if you follow your dreams and are successful you will experience a great sense of achievement. Imagine how things would be if you hadn’t make the effort. Even if you don’t make it, you will have the satisfaction that you tried. As someone said, it’s so much better to be at the bottom of the right ladder than the top of the wrong ladder!

Theodorou concluded one of his motivational speeches on the subject of fighting for one’s dreams with a quote from Winston Churchill: “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”