BellaOnline Forums Beauty and Self Life Coaching POLL: Are You Afraid of Making Mistakes?

Lori,

Funny you should ask, I'm a firm believer in LOA. Lisa just sent me The Secret and I'm also reading two other books on the Law of Attraction. Well actually one is on "New Thought" where LOA comes from.

Still my heart skips a beat every time I think I've made a mistake and when I do make one YIKES!!!

I used to blame the academic hazing of my journalism program for this fear, but then I remembered my first little job as a cashier. I was $10 short the first day and they took it out of my pay. I was devastated as I was only making $3.35 an hour. I was never short again after several years of cashiering. That's where the YOU CANNOT MAKE A MISTAKE mindset kicked in, then the school of journalism and a perfectionist boss did the rest. LOL.

You are right, we become what we think about. I like that: "My work is fairly flawless. My work is fairly flawless. My work is fairly flawless."

I wrote a Hub on just this subject, so instead of re-hashing here, I'll link: [url=http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-accept-responsibility-for-your-mistakes]Link![/url] P.S., join HubPages, guys. Even if you're not into the whole "making money off AdSense" deal, you'll meet some great people and have fun expressing your ideas and reading the ideas of others.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. ANy book recommendations?

A book I found helpful is: Fight your Fear and Win: A 21 Day Plan Dr. Don Greene, sports psychologist and performance coach.

Here's an article I wrote about the book.

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