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Fear and Failure

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I have never been a ' know-it-all ' kind of person. I believe that there will be some stuff that you may not be aware of. For me, i can only claim to know things, till i am aware of it whole-istically. I am a lifelong learner, somehow I've never been able to throw a statement confidently or casually without knowing supporting facts and data. I associate this state with fear and failure. Fear of I-may-not-know somethings. Failure is more associated with embarrassment and unpreparedness, rather than opportunity, learning and growth. I find fear and failure analogous to learning. No one ever fantasizes failure but it is very important to 'fail early and fail fast' or 'be wrong as fast as you can', like said by Andrew Stanton (American film director, screenwriter, producer and voice actor based at Pixar) Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull (former president of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios) is one of my favourite books. In this book Catmull's