Often undetected and misunderstood, the fear of success is very real and valid. You may have felt yourself on the brink of a breakthrough and then suddenly, everything you built up until that point comes to a standstill. Maybe we come up with a million reasons why we plateaued but often, itโs the sneaky fear of success that subconsciously sabotaged our progression. Itโs very much related to the fear of failure, but the fear of success goes a little deeper. When we fear failure, we donโt want others to see our mistakes and lose their respect. When we fear success, weโre afraid we will lose people too. Thereโs this collective belief due to programming that we must sacrifice something in order to have success. Fear of success is ultimately a fear of some kind of loss. ๐ Some of us fear we have to sacrifice time with our families. ๐ Some of us fear we will lose friends that we will have no choice but to outgrow. ๐ Some of us are comfy in our current lifestyle and fear the unknown. What will your new lifestyle look like and what wonโt it look like anymore? There is always an element of sacrifice that we fear and therefore, we unconsciously tend to sabotage our own success. So How Do We Overcome This Fear of Success? Iโm not going to lie here. Fear of success is one hell of a challenge for me. I have struggled with this fear for a while. Each time I break down layer after layer, a new level of success comes in and then I have to break down another. Itโs like the Universe is giving me success in small doses so that I can manage the growth at a comfortable level! And if you struggle with fear of success then practice envisioning your success coming in incrementally like this. Yes, you have to know where you are going and what you want, but if imagining the big picture feels scary, then imagine the next level first. Then the next, then the next. And keep going. Continue taking little steps outside your comfort zone. When you notice yourself wanting to retreat back to the ways the โold youโ would have done things, do the opposite. Do things differently, piece by piece, one step at a time.