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Fear of failure, do you recognize that?

Danielle Trappenburg • 4 December 2020

My journey starting "Your Kickstarter"  

Am I good enough? Can I do it on my own, without having colleague’s to share the challenges? Can I meet the expectations? Will I deliver in time? Can we make it without my income? What will my friends, family and acquaintances from the past think and say?

I have a bucket list, just like a lot of people. Not a real list written down, but vaguely defined dreams of things I want to do in my life. One of them is starting my own business. The first question that comes in mind, is: “In what will I start?” But immediately after that there are a lot of other questions. And actually, these are the more important questions. Of course I needed to find my business activity, but in the end it all comes down to the question: “Do I dare to jump?”.

During COVID I had some time to reflect on my career and all the activities I have done. In all my activities, full time jobs, a family, rebuilding a monumental farm and being a volunteer for several organisations, I am always the one exploring opportunities and making things happen. It turns out that this is what I am good at. Each time I see an opportunity and commit to it, I follow the same strategy to explore and make it happen. But if this is what I am good at and enjoy, how can I use this in fulfilling my dream and starting my own business.

First I explored my strategy. Did I always use this approach? What are the critical points in my journey in chasing and exploring an opportunity? I found out what I always use the same strategy and that I knew what to do and when to do. So I wrote my strategy down and made a model. During the summer I have been busy thinking of this. What is my opportunity? Why do I think this might work? What is the added value I see? And in the last few weeks it hit me: I was already exploring the first phase of my model, the 6I-Model, Intention by formulating my opportunity. But the question is: “Do I dare to jump?” Am I brave enough to take my own strategy and use it for my own business and explore the opportunity to start for myself?

 

Do I dare to face the questions that are holding me back?

 

I decided it is time to jump! And I can tell you it is scary, but this is what I am good at. So it is time for the second stage, the Inventory. You can follow me and my journey #yourkickstarter.

Wish me luck!

Your Kickstarter

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