Fear of success is a major problem for many people. How do you get past this with your team members?

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Erica Sisco-Dube, Aff (Nova scotia, CA) Top Author Forum Guru 1/10/2015 10:00 am
Affiliate since: 05/08/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Erica's 23 other Ask SC answers
Hi Sheila,
I have been pondering the answer to this question since it was first posted and my feeling about this is:
I don't really think people have a fear of success, my thinking is more so that they have a fear of the time and money it takes to invest in a new business challenge.

I had a friend of mine sign up a few months ago. Before I even had time to send my welcome letter he had opted right out of everything stating that he had no time to do this business. I think that
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 1/3/2015 8:32 pm
Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
Hi Sheila,

Thank you for this question and it made me think.

Fear is generated when expectations are not reached. For example as a team Sponsor/team leader we face this challenge every month if not every day. Because we expect growth in our business and we expect success.
And when we expect our team to be active and when they are not...sort of our expectations bring fears.

To overcome these fears what I do:
# Log in daily and do my weekly, monthly, and all
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 1/7/2015 1:35 am
Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
Hi Sheila,

I actually do not fear success because it is far less to achieve it in all my undertakings. Instead I fear that my team members do not start the program after
joining SFI/TripleClicks.

IMHO, I strongly know that most people fear starting something new and when they
are overwhelm with information or instructions, they will start to find excuses
to delay their process. It's a familiar scenario in every affiliate program.

This is made worse
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 1/6/2015 11:17 am
Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
If you make that statement in a normal conversation with people they might look at you as if you are loosing your marbles. They might even tell you that much - but the truth is you are 100% right. It does not make sense does it?

You would think a fear of failure would be what is holding people back but it is not. It just gives them an excuse. It is easier to deal with failure if that is what you expect.

Now imagine you are used to failures and here is an opportunity for
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Ronilo Saguit, Aff (Philippines) Top Author Forum Guru 1/4/2015 3:47 am
Affiliate since: 08/06/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ronilo's 408 other Ask SC answers
You probably mean Fear of not being successful, because many would love to be successful.

The best way to help our members to get past through this fear is to let them experience small steps that they could accomplish.

SFI has many small steps of achievements, you can see this on the badges awarded to us everytime we achieve something. Start with the easiest badge like daily versa points streak badge, then the a2a member badge. Then let them join the daily grands until they
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Shamsina Sabdin, Aff (Malaysia) Top Author Forum Guru 1/5/2015 2:23 am
Affiliate since: 03/28/2011, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Shamsina's 138 other Ask SC answers
In my opinion, it is not really a fear of success. It is a fear of the unknown. Or the fear of taking too much risks. Hence we need to make known to them that the risk on their side is quite low.

They need to know how exactly we do our work. What does it entails everyday. How much investment is needed. I know we said no investment ever which can be done but sometimes we need to be realistic. No investment, slow success.

Make clear to your team so that the unknown is now known.
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 1/3/2015 9:44 pm
Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
Fear of success, or fear of failure?

I can't imagine anyone seriously pursuing the business without a measure of confidence and optimism. However, those that "dabble" may indeed have that fear of failure, hence the lack of committment.

Do you have those affiliates that are there every month, but they never seem to have much more than 100 VP? This is a POSSIBLE case of fear of failure. they keep dabbling because they WANT to believe, but never go far because they
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Lilian Astillo, Aff (United Arab Emirates) Top Author Forum Guru 1/10/2015 5:47 am
Affiliate since: 09/17/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Lilian's 5 other Ask SC answers
Hi

This is a great questions hence most of us are aware that Fear of success is a major problem here if you feel that you are not in the right line and lack of knowledge of how this program works.

1.I would suggest that never mention any negativity to your team as it can create negativity result instead advise them to log in daily and keep on learning on how this program works for you. Read the Forum daily and learn from the expert/Guru and get more information as they have
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Anita Biggins, Aff (Ohio, US) Top Author Forum Guru 1/5/2015 8:47 am
Affiliate since: 06/13/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Anita's 5 other Ask SC answers
It is very good that you are getting to know the motivations of your team members. . Many times people sign up for SFI just to see what it is. I would like to answer your question “What if my team member had a fear of success. “ We can best help them if we know their desires and fears. Most people do not have a fear of success; there may be a fear of stepping outside of their comfort zone. Here are my suggestions:
The first step to overcoming fear is to find out their desires and dreams
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Francis Tailoka, Aff (United Kingdom) Top Author Forum Guru 1/9/2015 8:00 am
Affiliate since: 10/05/2011, Power Rank: 305 | Read Francis's 105 other Ask SC answers
I would say in life, fear is the biggest barrier to many challenges and certainly overcoming one’s fears is a step in the right direction. But I am not sure that many affiliates who do not remain active or quit too soon are doing it out of fear of success. Nothing can change in a person’s life until that person chooses to and in my opinion the biggest hindrance to change is fear of the unknown and many people stay in the same position because of this kind of fear. In many ways those people who
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