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If you are concerned about failure, you can always consider what your actual worst case scenario might be. There is nothing wrong with imagining the very worst thing that could happen just so you know what kind of risk you are taking. Most people fail to start because of their fear not because of reality. A person worried about a lot of things. A person worried about failing. People worried about being embarrassed in front of friends if he did not succeed. People worried about downgrading lifestyle and not being able to afford a nice house for his family. People was worried that would not able to get new jobs if he crashed and burned. All of this was distracting from the messy process of moving forward.
To overcome these fears, we played a game called worst case scenario. The rules were simple. Take a piece of paper and write down all possible negative outcomes, no matter how outlandish the seemed. This forced us to look at the absolute worst thing that could happen to us. Often, the fear of a thing is worse than the thing itself. Although we were ultimately worried about failing, running through the worst case scenarios helped temper our fears. We balance our concerns with more reality scenarios, understanding that tragedy could befall us but it probably would not. Of course there was the nest case scenario which was what we hoped would happen. We looked at his whole spectrum of potential circumstances and then make the best choices we could.
Worst case scenario: Our business flops and we are continue to work at our day jobs.
Realistic scenario: My wife works full time on the business while my day job supports the family.
Best time scenario: Our online store take off big time.
By enumerating all of the worst case scenarios and then contrasting them with what was more realistic, we realized not outcome was absolutely catastrophic, any failure we might experience. When you are dreaming of your future you do not want to be so optimistic in your thinking that you miss some legitimate risks that could take you out of the game. Looking at what you fear the most allows you to make a decision without worrying unnecessarily expecting everything to just work out. You want to make the best decision possible with the information you have.
Let me say it again. You have everything you need to begin. You are good enough. Just start somewhere, anywhere. And if you need ideas, begin by scratching your own idea. You do not have to be super passionate about what you create, you just have to be interested enough to take a small step forward. In all likehood, you do not have as much to lose as you might think
