Fear of failure (atychiphobia) is an intense anxiety about messing up, stemming from fear of shame, judgment, or self-devaluation, and it significantly impacts mental health by causing procrastination ...

When you hear the word failure, what comes to mind? Are you having flashbacks to the time you failed a math class in high school? Or maybe a time you tried to start a business idea and it didn’t work ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Failure is one of the most feared words in the world of entrepreneurship. For most people, failure represents defeat, ...

Is failure the key to success? Over the past 30 years, perfectionism has been increasing in the U.S. and U.K., with negative consequences for the nations' mental health. But beyond heightening anxiety ...

(via Big Think) Journalist Tim Harford, PhD, psychologist Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD, and organizational behavior expert Robert Sutton, PhD, reveal how failure can become the foundation of success when it’s ...

Reframing is a highly potent mental health tool. As a psychologist with over 30,000 client counseling sessions, I have seen how clients improve their mood when they can change how they perceive their ...

I’m probably the greatest loser you’ll ever meet. When people hear this, they immediately assume I’m referring to financial losses from my past. But that’s not it at all. What makes me the greatest ...

Albert Einstein once said, "Failure is success in progress." Indeed, while failure can be frustrating, painful, even demotivating, research shows it can be an effective tool for learning. Associate ...