{"id":17106,"date":"2019-10-02T00:15:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T00:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-choose-what-to-work-on-i-find-myself-straying-away-from-tasks-i-am-afraid-i-will-fail-at-and-sometimes-even-trick-myself-into-taking-on-less-important-tasks-instead\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T16:04:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T16:04:08","slug":"how-do-you-choose-what-to-work-on-i-find-myself-straying-away-from-tasks-i-am-afraid-i-will-fail-at-and-sometimes-even-trick-myself-into-taking-on-less-important-tasks-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-choose-what-to-work-on-i-find-myself-straying-away-from-tasks-i-am-afraid-i-will-fail-at-and-sometimes-even-trick-myself-into-taking-on-less-important-tasks-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you choose what to work on? I find myself straying away from tasks I am afraid I will fail at, and sometimes even trick myself into taking on less important tasks, instead."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Laly Z.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">This might seem a little scary or weird, but take on the harder things first. It is okay to be afraid to fail at something, that is totally normal. But DO NOT tell yourself you are going to fail. Because if you do, you are going to fail. If you believe you can do it, then you will most likely do just fine or even better than you thought! So it\u2019s okay to be afraid, but it\u2019s not okay to not try. So be excited about taking on new challenges! 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