You Need to Try to Fail | Trent Shelton
About this video
Shelton distinguishes between protective fear (preventing physical harm) and limiting fear that prevents people from reaching their potential. He defines fear as creating a negative result from a situation not yet experienced, often based on past experiences. Shelton shares his personal struggle with public speaking fear and offers two strategies for overcoming fear: changing the meaning you assign to situations and reframing negative self-talk into positive expectations.
Key takeaways
- Shelton argues that limiting fear is learned from past experiences and prevents people from attempting challenges by predicting failure before trying
- According to Shelton, overcoming fear requires changing the meaning assigned to situations and examining why negative outcomes are being predicted
- Shelton recommends reframing fearful thoughts from expecting failure to expecting success or learning opportunities
Episode details: published June 9, 2021 · 2.6K views · 4:56 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The talks summarized here are Trent Shelton’s own words and beliefs, presented for education; summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each episode itself.
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