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Why You Have the Fear of Failure (and How to Overcome It)

By Leon Ho — 2021

Insecurity about doing things incorrectly causes many people to unconsciously sabotage their chances for success.

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Fight Your Fear and Win: Seven Skills for Performing Your Best Under Pressure—at Work, in Sports, on Stage

We’ve all been there: that make-it-or-break-it moment of our careers—on the brink of a deal, poised at the starting gate, under the spotlight.

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Don Greene
2025
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The Psychology of Perfectionism in Sport, Dance and Exercise

Perfectionism has been found to play an important yet complex role in sport, dance and exercise.

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Andrew Hill (editor)
2016
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Perfectionism in Dance

Summarising SciDance Podcast Episode 1, where dance psychologist Sanna Nordin-Bates spoke about perfectionism in dance. I reflect on the key points, focusing on how dance educators can apply this research practically in the studio to support dancers’ wellbeing.

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2020
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The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery

The gift of failure is a riddle: it will always be both the void and the start of infinite possibility.

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Sarah Lewis
2025
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Creativity, Spirituality, and Making a Buck

A friendly, funny, practical guide for creatives and entrepreneurs, written by a four-time Emmy award-winning and two-time Grammy-nominated composer-guitarist-producer who has worked with Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Jerry Garcia, Lana Del Rey, and Krishna Das, among many others.

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David Nichtern
2019
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Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert’s books for years. Now this beloved author digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity.

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Elizabeth Gilbert
2016
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Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life

Based on a far-reaching study of thousands of individuals, finding flow contends that we often walk through our days unaware and out of touch with our emotional lives.

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Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
1998
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