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Confessions of a competitive mind.

by Richard Lovett and Holly Hight

Richard A. Lovett, Ph.D., and Holly Hight are a coaching/running duo from Portland, Oregon. See full bio

June 11, 2009, Sport and Competition

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Fear of Success

By Richard A. Lovett, Ph.D., and Holly Hight on June 11, 2009 in The Winning Athletes

In any sport, there are athletes who never live up to their potential. Sometimes it's because of injuries. Sometimes, people just aren't really motivated. They're going through the motions, but not really putting in the training, practice, or hard emotional and physical work of preparing themselves for peak performance. Read More

this fear of success is

Submitted by farouk on June 11, 2009 - 11:04pm.

this fear of success is really awful!! i know a person who fears relationships because she is afraid of getting hurt

fear of success

Submitted by jorge nunez on August 7, 2009 - 8:43pm.

we are afraid of finding out that with a little patience and persistance, we may become gods,. and that implies a lot of responsibilities.problems or challenges reveal what what we are really. we discover more about ourselves and that implies new horizons that we are not willing to explore because we're big fat chickens who rather be doing familiar things than unfamiliar. i know i will regret not doing those things i long for doing.
it saddens me to " walk in quiet desperation " to a job a don't like, to pretend to like people i work with. to stand on the sidelines watching others get ahead, especially when i know could done way better.
no wonder many of us die of heart attacks so young.
jorge nunez