Bob Poston

F.e.a.r. Bob Poston

F. E. A. R has two meanings: "Forget Everything and Run" or "Face Everything and Rise." Which one you choose to believe is up to you. As for me, I choose the latter. In my sixty-plus years of walking this earth, there have been plenty of times when I have been afraid. I believe most of us can relate to being afraid of failing. And as strange as it sounds, I have even been afraid of succeeding, as it just moves the opportunity to fail up to a bigger stage or audience, right? With success, the expectations from others become higher for you to continue on that path. If you lack self-confidence, you end up placing more pressure on yourself, and because you are afraid of letting others down, being embarrassed, and failing, you choose to run from the expectation and not rise to the opportunity. You have to know that failing does not equal failure; it is a learning curve. It means you took a chance at acting on an idea or even getting something done, and it just did not work on this particular attempt. So take a step back and learn from it, refocus, restructure or redefine it, and try again. Failure, on the other hand, is you refusing to attempt that something and/or even watching someone else run with your idea. Have you heard the phrase, "If you're going to fail, fail forward"? The whole meaning of that phrase is that you use that failure to find success and continue to move forward.