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around you. To plunge off in the wrong direction may cost them as dearly as it costs you. On the other hand, to let the fear of failure immobilize you will stop you from ever trying anything new, and yours will be the loss in personal growth and fuller human relations. In June
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it? But, despite my anxiety, I was a twenty-two-year-old full of youthful optimism, and my hope of success was stronger than my fear of failure. I was excited, heading into a new world and new experience. Moreover, in the chance-which I thought was very small-that I didn't
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's obvious. But I guess I should say it: people are much more fearful of failure in Europe. Then, two is the fact that they try to wait for the idea of their life, like a revolutionary idea, and that never
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