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THE POWER OF TAKING THE PLUNGE

I believe it’s possible to form the habit of
walking free from fear. It may take some
practice, but the ability to boldly embrace who
we are and live an authentic, courageous life is
possible. Remember, failure isn’t fatal, and it
certainly isn’t final.

So go ahead and do it! Whether you fail or not,
at least you are busy with living instead of
standing on the sidelines of life, and that’s
something to be applauded!

In 2012, Sara Blakely became the youngest self-
made billionaire. She was 41. She is the creator
and founder of Spanx, a women's apparel
product. The thing that was impressive about
her story was her recollection of sitting around
the dinner table with her father every evening.
He taught her the power of failing big and
failing often. "Every evening he would ask me,
‘so, what did you fail at today?' And if there
were no failures, Dad would be disappointed."

Lack of failure means you are not stretching
yourself outside your comfort zone.
By focusing on failing often, and using it as a
freeing and liberating exercise in the process of

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