The fear of failure can become a very powerful force in each choice we make and endeavor we undertake. While sometimes this fear can motivate us to succeed, other times it can defeat us, preventing us from pursuing our goals. Often, it is at those times when we are faced with the greatest opportunities that this fear is strongest, intimidating us with thoughts that we are not good enough or the threat that we will not succeed. What many people are unaware of is that these thoughts are part of a negative internal defense system known as the critical inner voice. The inner voice is a system of thinking that puts us down and limits our capacity to succeed. Whenever we face challenges or go after a dream, this inner critic is there to hold us back and scare us with possibilities of failure. Though everyone is faced with hard times at one point or another, these circumstances are much more difficult to face when they are accompanied by these self-destructive thoughts.
