Break Any Personal Record With the +1 Theory of Human Achievement
Fellow Riskologist,
What holds you back the most? If you have a dream you haven’t realized yet, what keeps you from pursuing it?
Typically, it’s a fear of failure. No one wants to set a goal they don’t believe they’ll actually reach. And if you continuously set goals that are too high, you set yourself up for repeated failures that can do big damage to your confidence.
But if you set a goal that’s too low, you artificially limit yourself to a ceiling that’s well below what you’re actually capable of, and may get stuck in a rut of under-performance.
These are not risks I would find acceptable, but what’s the solution? Read on to learn.
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