It is fear of building in public.
Building in public means other people will see your mistakes.
1. They will see your first version before it is your best version.
2. They will see ideas that fail.
3. They will see products that nobody buys.
4. They will see you change your mind.
For many people, that feels emotionally dangerous.
Not because failure is the biggest problem.
Because embarrassment is.
Entrepreneurship is not only a business skill.
It is an emotional skill.
You need to learn how to feel embarrassed without letting embarrassment decide your future.
You need to handle criticism without believing it defines your worth.
You need to separate your identity from today's result.
That takes advanced emotional skills.
The people who keep building are not always the ones with the best ideas.
They are often the ones who have trained their nervous system to stay connected to their purpose even when they feel embarrassed.
Success in entrepreneurship is not only about building products.
It is also about building the emotional capacity to keep showing up in public before you feel ready.
Check the first comment for a link to my ebook on the basics to emotional skills.
"Most people don't avoid entrepreneurship because they fear failure. They avoid it because they fear embarrassment."
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