Are You Afraid of Success? | Brian Tracy 

Hi everyone, thank you for watching today. What fear is holding you back the most in your life? Share in the comments below and I will follow up with you. Get in the right mindset for success with my 30-day affirmation challenge >> bit.ly/2ipMgh5

Fear of being praised and appreciated. I fear being in the limelight.

My #1 fear is that my best won't be good enough. That I will try my hardest and still fail, thus wasting my time and effort with nothing to show for it.

The fear of having more on my plate then I already have.

I've had a suspicion i fearing success but I thought, "How can anyone fear being successful?". But this makes sense now. I fear more responsibility and that I wont be able to keep up with having more work. I dont want to disappoint my clients and becoming a team leader terrifies me.

more pressure…added responsibility…stress…less time with husband and vacations

Fear of standing out and being targeted by haters

The fear of getting beat down by envious dregs.

The biggest fear that holds me back atm is fear of responsibility and being overwhelmed with all the opportunities that may come my way once I am seen by the world.

Im afraid of not good enough, not prepare enough, not smart than other people... What cause me most afraid is I don't have a good family background to support me. They always judge me

For me its the fear of more responsibility. I highly value my independence.

The fear of "more" responsibilities, more people, afraid of doing well and being appreciated. Something I've never experienced in my life.

The fear that holds me back most is, my laziness and the thing that I'm used to feel bad about myself and feel depressed

Fear of being rejected by family.

You're just like that wise grandpa that I never had. Thanks, Brian Tracy, for all that you do!!!💜***Asteri***

The fear of being alone holds me back the most..

The fear of losing myself,being someone that i don't want to be.I have suffered a lot in my life there's like something grabbing my body and holding me back but i'm determined to live my dreams thanks for the advices

My fears are many but the one that paralyzses me is the fear of working hard and never being enough or never reaching my goal, probably i should re asses my goal and actually measure if my hard work is paying off at all,but i feel like that would hit me with an unwanted reality but i need to do it. Thanks brian

I have a fear of failure, I hate losing more than I like to win. So in the past I would be willing to throw away 5 opportunities just to avoid a loss. Thank you Brian. You have changed my life over the last couple of years. Had to mark a few in the loss column, but the experience has helped the wins to become much more frequent and easier to come by.

This was amazing. Im 19 and was excited for highschool to end and get into real estate. Now that i'm a month in I've hit this wall really hard. I've experienced all those fears you've listed and have been binge watching shows/sports to have a little escape from work(I used to never watch tv). Now that I finally have the opportunity to be successful I've been slacking off. Thank you Brian. I've been at a loss for what's been happening to me, but now that I realized what I need to avoid I know I'll be able to start making the moves I used to picture so vividly.

I fear ending the struggle. I enjoy the process of getting better and always setting a new goal that I fear losing that mindset. But, that mindset will always be there, so I have nothing to fear. Thank you for this.

Sir, you have found the reasons quite perfectly 🙌🙌 The first reason you stated, is my case. I feel frightened of success. Like how difficult my life would get when I get there

Mommy guilt. I feel sometimes that by dedicating myself to my passion it somehow translates to me feeling like my girls aren’t enough for me.

Fear has me stuck in the last corner of my box, I’m tired but I’m doing my best to kill my poor mindset. Thanks for sharing this video.

This is going on my wall very true and powerful .... "Successful athletes have learned to anticipate hitting the wall and prepare mentally and physically to break through it" Thank you Mr Tracy so glad to have found this channel.

Thanks Brain Tracy for Video . Fear of rejection hold me back and self doubts during process towerds the success.

I wish I knew exactly what was holding me back, I have a old voice in my head that says I can't make money or be successful.

Fear of What They will Say,but Thank God I met you.

I’m terrified of success, because failure is all I’ve ever known, and success seems so scary and unfamiliar. It feels like I’d be walking on eggshells every minute, waiting for something bad to happen. The fear of ending struggle also resonates a lot with me. If it’s a constant struggle, again I’m used to it. But a roller coaster type life? Spooky.

Whatever you dream of, begin it... Priceless Brian, thank you!

Brian you are a real legend. Thank you for all your life lessons

Hi Brian, thank you for this video! My biggest fear is that I will fail. I am able to talk to the client and gain their trust, then when I go back to the office, I freak out. I know that I can do it but this fear seems to be deep down, so I tell myself I will stuff it up. This leads me to failing. I find Tim Ferris's Fear Setting to be a good way to deal with this, as well as having people that can help me to be accountable. Also owning failures helps. I use this to shape my thinking in the future. I am by no means perfect, but I keep trying, and keep trying to learn from my mistakes.

From your video I see that what fear is dealing with the challenge and difficulties it takes to go the distance to succeed. But that is part of the journey. Thank you Kirk

Thanks for this! I fear expectations the most. When I become successful, there’ll be more responsibilities and I have to embrace that.

I believe our definition of success has changed. We now equate success with less and less of the quality things in life that matter most - health, family, freedom to follow a passion. I understand now that success now means more slogging at work, unnecessary stress, unachievable targets and lack of empathy. And we have become afraid of this self imposed definition of social success. Thank you for providing a new insight, sir.

Mr Brian Tracy THANK YOU for your motivational book and videos. My close buddies and I have got together and we are motivating each other. Our fear of success has vanished once we shared our goals and tiny achievements with each other. You are truly an inspiration to so many people around the world. God bless you, your family and those whom you have inspired.

Mostly I would say, fear to fail ... strangely ! I say "strangely" because I know that both sides work together, we can't always succeed at firt. I'have not been trained to work hard to get good results in my Life, since I'm a little girl, during my first years at school, everything was easy for me, easy to learn, easy to understand, since my friends were working hard to get almost the same results as I did without even trying half of their efforts .... today I realize that "Learning to work and react after a fail" is one of the best lesson we could give to our child. It's hard to learn when we're older. Thanks Brian.

I fear that once i have achieved my goals , there would be nothing left for me to do in this life and my success would change everything around me and these changes would be too much to take.

Thank you Brian for all your great videos. I enjoy them all the time.

what holds me back the most its that i loose interest when i don't see results when i know that i should stay patient.

Fear of un-simplifying life was my block. THX, this was an excellent piece. Grace to you.

Brian Tracy Rules!

I was just about to make a video on this, great stuff. Success barriers are real, and people need to learn how to deal with them.

Thank you Sir Brian Tracy for your dedicated positive reinforcement videos. My Fears: 1) Master Procastinator (snooze one too many) 2) Fear of falling so far behind... 3) Fear of judgemental comments 4) Never punctual P.s although I clearly know these are at the forefront of my to-do list my procastination wins everytime. How does one go about changing these horrible habits. Rise and fall...direct selling hvac/filter company I was naive in thinking just selling alone would resolve everything. Didn't sit down with my business partner Weekly to discuss business and I missed the #1 rule of business according to Tim mcgahee and Brian Tracy. "Pay yourself first". Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I feel I have many sincere talents which reside in helping people and 'enthousiasmos'. I want to start with myself first pick myself.up dust myself off and move on to the next chapter in my life. It starts within. I feel as though the only thing missing is a master teacher/mentor in my life.

This is a great video! I watched at the right time. Finally started reading your book "Eat That Frog." Thanks for all the amazing things you do!

He is so calm, thanks Brian for the video

Great video!!!! For me fear of failure is always with me haunting me when I take up a new initiative.

thanks for strengthening and encouragement !

This is a great video. A set of fears might be lying under the fear of success. I guess the thought of different responsibilities that come with sucess is holding me back the most.

That my family will get jealous and take it away from me.

The fear of not following through gets me from time to time.

I read many of your books years ago when in business and you still can break things down into easy to understand components. Now I'm older and would like to be a moderately successful photographer and your words are showing me what the real problems are.

You got my attention..Thank you for being kind sharing your wisdom.Keep up good works.Godbless you and your family.love from philippines.

Fear of failure and success!!

Holding back us to fear of failing..But thnku so much sir i extremely control tht of fear which never happen to attack the negative thought..

I learn that the fear that hold me the most is to start.

Very motivational ... The fears we live are usually inherited from parents and past experiences of failure. Thus success is not part of personal DNA. It takes a lot of courage & daily commitment to "let go of the past". Thank you for this encouraging video.

i'm afraid that i wont live a modest and simple life

Thanks for the assuring tone in the topic. I have been carrying the below fear. Hope to be able to overcome or simple trick them away. Fear of falling, Fear of losing the close ones, Fear of not continuing to succeed after one, Fear of change in Priorities during the course.

Hello dear Brian Tracy, Riley I like your videos all are helpful for me and my friends. It gives me a light for my professionalism and day to day activities. thank you I wish a long life with prosperous health thank you.

Can relate to this and the comments. You are awesome Sir

Spending time with a genius is the most easy way of becoming a genius.

Thank you🦋

Thank you so much for this. I face rejection since childhood for shining brightly and so I learned to sum my light to be accepted and be approved of by those I loved. I sabotaged myself at key moments when I was at the precipice of success. But NO MORE!!!

Thank you so much for such wonderful words 💜

Thank You

Brain Tracy , thank you for your motivation everyday. You are my hero. My fear is to take action on a business I want to start, how do I take action if it seems like such a large hurdle to overcome?

Thank u sir.

So much helpful video. Thank you so much for sharing. Great job.well done.

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thanks brian tracy

So calm and cool...

Thank you

this was powerful!!!

Biggest fear? That my success will expose me to rejection. But when I think of the flip side, I realize that my failures have already exposed me to rejection. What I need to do now is to attain success and realize that those who have rejected me due to my failures will most likely reject me in my successes. My focus needs to be on those who I will gain and what I will gain as I step into a new level of success in my business and personal life.

The fear of success has been exposed Thanks Brian

My fear of success is because of the change I know it will bring. It means leaving my comfort zone. As much as I desire change and success it still makes me anxious and scared. I seem to be my own worst enemy.😫

It tickles me to hear Brian Tracy say "binge watch"😀lol

YOU GIVE ME SELF CONFIDENCE TO SUCCESS...

Mr Tracy, you always have been an inspiration, your books have help me a lot. But this video, is incredible, because, today, I have to prepare many presentations for many meetings, and I'm very afraid, I'm procrastinating, I was watching my favorite TV show, 3 episodes, and nothing on work. And suddenly, I see this video, and is exactly what I'mfacing, thank you so much for the help. An answering your question, I'm always afraid of the Boss, or the bosses, telling me, or yelling at me, that I did something wrong, or I didnt' do it, the confrontation is my biggest fear

I have worked to the top in several professions then once I get there I get bored of it and leave to start something new, I fear that if I become successful at something I love doing I’ll get bored or tired of it and then stop doing things I love to do. I’m afraid of also becoming successful and now having no time to do anything else while feeling stuck due to all of the responsibilities and stress of the success. Good video, thank you.

I think the main thing is if you don't push it or put much effort in and fail it is easier to say that is fine since you didn't work to hard. It is a lot harder to give it your all, fail, and be ok afterwards. Our brains prepare us to fail rather than prepare for the win

Thanks, it's great video! When I got so close to set up my business I got fear to start it and stopped progress.

First of all thanks for uploading this video... For the past few weeks I've been trying to figure out "what is that holding me back from working towards my goal" and here's the thing.... Because I am afraid to be successful..! Yes that's true... I'm afraid of taking on more responsibilities and meeting new people. Give me some advice to overcome this fear of success

Thanks for this video ! To answer your question.. I think one of my biggest fear that holds me back is the "after" . The worry that I couldn't cope with the actions or events that comes after one/ first step (For example the social interactions that comes after ...) and another one that's connected to that is the fear that I couldn't do better. While I was thinking about this question .. I realised that there is nothing that really holds me back except of me myself.

Brian ! I love u too much !! U r a VISIBLE God of my life in this world. Coz of u I quit job n doing my own Business. 🙏🙏🙏

Thanks

well-summed points

Fear holds me back from doing ANYTHING...

I'm more or less terrified of not being physically capable of handling acting roles in plays and musicals. Thus, being a burden to others, thus, terrified of putting in so much effort into character analysis, song prep, exercise and nerves to be wasted on the IDEA that it may be too hard on me if I do succeed. It ruins the prospect of getting that lead role, and having fun(and working terribly hard) It pummels any faith I had in myself, because with fear of success you are not confident. I intend to try my best, but right now I want nothing more than to quit, be content with not pursuing my dream for right now. But another part of me is hopeful, excited and determined.. yet, that fear will always linger. And that's what makes it worse. It'll always be there. I get poetic when in distress haha

Thanks Brian for this beautiful Video. It is very inspiring. I will have a life-changing Interview next week and i am a bit afraid of taking up the challenging position if it is offered to me. However, since i strongly believe in the exciting opportunities and new skills i will be learning along the way, i refuse to be afraid and chose insread to move to the next level.

Ausum lecture❤️

God bless you and your family and friends forever in Jesus name

The fear that hold me back the most is...i wonder if I can really handle the opportunity I have created for my self..but as well as the team who follows me to success

I'd just like to thank you for putting this video out there, it's been a little over a year but it came to me at the right time. In terms of your question, I think it's the fear of failure and the fear of success at the same time. It forces me into a perpetual state of stasis. I want to succeed, but I'm afraid of the "more" associated with success, yet I don't want to fail because....well, failure sucks. So it's kinda both at the same time.

You have always been a great inspiration for me and I have tries to follow your advice for many years. Could you please do a personal message for my colleagues Jo and Barney who would benefit greatly from your advice. That would be be absolutely great. Thank you very much Basil

Physical Limitations are my biggest fear... But you never fail to motivate me to push through.

My fear is the fear of not being as good as the others in my field. I’m transitioning and it’s not comfortable, so I go at it half heartedly with a lot of procrastination and sabotage. My belief is that I’m stuck and will not go any farther than I am right now.

As a 17 year old with a few ideas that have been very unexpectedly validated, I fear the responsibility that comes with success. Hell, I haven't even had a proper daytime job yet. I fear I won't have the discipline necessary and that I'll just fail completely.

My fears, are all those you described. Thank you for creating this video to help us achieve success 👍