Fear Wastes Time
Hesitation for fear of failure is a horrible way to die.
OK, OK, not submitting that piece or attending that conference will not kill you physically, but you will feel sick to death inside. When you read the winner’s entry or hear how good the seminars were, you will realize you have killed days, hours of your life. You have intentionally stood at the starting line while others raced.
Worse than that: the fear makes you doubt your ability and you compromise your talents, your ideas, your dream to some monster of an editor you fear to face. Step up to the plate.
David stepped up. Gideon stepped up. Elijah stepped up. Indiana Jones stepped up.
Step up. Show us what you’ve got.
I just got another rejection letter. So what? At least I didn’t waste a minute after I got the rejection letter wondering if I might have won that slot. Now I know better what they want and can submit again with even more confidence.
Isn’t that better than just wondering?
Show us what you’ve got.
