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Mistakes Make Me Feel Like a Clown

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Nobody ever wants to make a mistake. From the time we are children, we get corrected. We are told how to do better.

' /> For many of us, the feelings that come along with the mistakes are the worst part—we'd do anything to avoid feeling them. But the only way to avoid those feelings completely, we tell ourselves, is to avoid mistakes. The way that plays out in real life is to avoid risks, chances, experiments, and everything we actually need to do to succeed at Internet marketing. What can you do when mistakes make you feel like a clown?</p>
<p>The first thing to do is to realize that this is not rational. It makes no sense for you to avoid all risk-taking to prevent mistakes. You know that you are preventing success when you do this. But that doesn't mean that it's easy to stop.</p>
<p>The fear of making a mistake, the abject terror that you might feel at the consequences (

But even if your reactions are less extreme, you might still be engaging in avoidance behavior. You might be playing it safe.

If you are, you need to realize that the Internet is making "playing it safe" a very dangerous game. If you are playing it safe, while your competitors are beginning to experiment, then you are losing ground to them every day. Because you are standing still while they improve. And that is the biggest mistake of all.

So, when I say "

Instead, you need a new song playing in your head. I say, if mistakes make you feel like a clown, then it's time to cue the
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