I have read many, and voted on several great answers to this question.
What is puzzling to me is how can anyone fear success?
I will share with you my own experience. When first having the feeling of making a successful decision excitement is what is first recognized. Sometimes nervousness, but there is no fear involved when there are indicators of known success.
When I first began with SFI there was a level of excitement, but only after actually seeing progress did my hopes for success grow. You see, we are not all going to respond the same. Some will be motivated to do more, and others will want to know more. In the end we all expect change for the better.
Fear of success? No. The fear is experienced only when we anticipate failure. No one really wants to lose. So the question is somewhat misleading "Fear of success is a major problem for many people." as being a problem. The real problem is one having the fear that there will not become a chance for them. We can compare this with betting, or winning the lottery, and playing slots.
The fear of loss, or being rejected due to lacking of qualification for a prize in front of a large audience is also comparable to this question. As a team leader, we do not want to appear as losers to our team members and Affiliate peers as their Sponsor. This would indicate setting a poor example. It can be understood why many would fear this situation more than setting an example of successful activities to be displayed.
As a Sponsor we are developing also, and may have setbacks while moving up the ranks. This is a natural form for developing fear patterns toward success in the face of our associates.
The way to get past this is to be the best you can be, and not worry over how we look or appear to others as long as we have our eyes set on the big picture and can realize our set goals. We should not focus so much on setting examples as much as we focus on learning the rules. As long as we are following instructions and policy our examples will be recognized.
Success will come I'm sure of this as many hurdles have been crossed, and setbacks overcome.
Thanks for allowing me to share.
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I have read many, and voted on several great answers to this question.
What is puzzling to me is how can anyone fear success?
I will share with you my own experience. When first having the feeling of making a successful decision excitement is what is first recognized. Sometimes nervousness, but there is no fear involved when there are indicators of known success.
When I first began with SFI there was a level of excitement, but only after actually seeing progress did
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