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Do any of the following sound familiar?

• It's probably not going to happen, so why bother
• I don't know if I can do it
• I just can't take the risk
• I can't handle the disappointment if it doesn't work out
• What will people think?
• I'm going to wait to see what happens before I do anything
• Things like this just typically don't work out for me

For busy, often perfectionist, accountants like us, it can be very challenging to do things outside of our comfort zone. There are often, what appears to be, very valid reasons in our minds for not making a change, being vulnerable or believing that something big or new is possible.

It's as if there's a valve in our minds that allows just so much possibility to drip out, before the handle is quickly shut closed. There seems to be this general resistance by women to accept that something great could happen, so instead we wind up psyching ourselves out, all in the name of protecting ourselves from disappointment.

We are smart, capable women but unfortunately we tend to have such a collective fear when it comes to failure, that we actually wind up failing ahead of time.

This week on the podcast I discuss why women have a tendency to fail ahead of time, why there's no upside to it and some tips to help you stop.