letting fear get in my way

Eight years ago wasn’t the first time I started a career coaching business.

It was actually the third.

In 2009, I had the idea. I even built a website called The Employment Coach.
I never published it.

In 2014, I tried again. I worked part-time as an Employment Advisor at Humber College, hoping it would lead to something more. Not there (that commute was brutal), but somewhere.

And then insecurity showed up. Again.

I didn’t think I was good enough.

So when recruitment roles came along, I took them.
Not because I loved them. But because they felt safer than failing.

Twice, I let fear make the decision for me.

By 2017, something changed.

I became more afraid of regretting never trying than I was of failing.

Failure suddenly felt temporary. Regret felt permanent.

So I stopped waiting to feel ready and started anyway.

Here's what I've learned:
Most people don’t walk away from their career dreams because they lack ambition. They walk away because fear sounds responsible. Logical. Even mature.

But it still costs you something.

If there’s a career dream you’ve shelved, I’m curious:
 
What feels scarier right now, failing at it… or never knowing what might’ve happened?