A viewer asked whether, after taking out a loan, I had been afraid that the factory would fail. I answered that I had felt fear many times in my life. The fact that I felt it did not, by itself, mean I should abandon something I believed in.
In that reply I recommended Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, the book by Susan Jeffers. The title captures the distinction I was making between experiencing fear and allowing it to make every decision. The author’s official book page confirms the title and authorship.
Thinking it through still matters
My answer also included a condition: think the decision through. Only then ask whether fear is keeping you from acting. I used strong language about commitment, but my own example included an investment that failed.
The factory did not work out for me. I lost the money I invested. The lesson I described was to understand a business myself, rather than join simply because an idea sounded good or someone else was convincing.
That part matters alongside the encouragement. Believing in something did not remove the need to understand it, and acting did not guarantee success.
Accept the mistake and learn from it
I described mistakes as part of my path and spoke about learning from them before moving forward. The point of this reply was not that I had never been afraid or never lost. It was that neither fear nor a previous failure had ended the journey.
This is a personal account, not a recommendation to borrow money or risk everything.
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Original social post · 2026-10-19
