THE HIGH-FF ENTREPRENEUR
How’s this for a question at the back end of the book: could someone with a high fear of failure become an entrepreneur – creating and running his or her own business?
Working for yourself is probably the greatest leap you could make in terms of taking responsibility for your own destiny. It is also the ultimate move in depersonalization – taking Me Inc. to its logical conclusion. Yet most High-FFs avoid entrepreneurship not least because so much of the “start your own business” literature suggests that the stereotypical image of a successful entrepreneur is a million miles from the personality of those with a high fear of failure. Take this description from British entrepreneurial guru Mike Southon in his well-known ...
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