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24 alternatives to Design Life #40: Fear of Failure

Has the fear of failure ever held you back from starting?

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Design Life #40: Fear of Failure launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
The Art of Failure▲69
Inspirational stories and artwork about overcoming failure
2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
2
The Relentless Me #9: How to recover from failure▲53
A dead end is not the end!
2016 · its alternatives →
3
Design Review - Ep. 47 - How to Plan Your Design Career▲59
If you don't plan, you plan to fail.
2017 · designreviewpodcast.com · its alternatives →
4
Hello Tech Pros: The Anxiety of Failure▲55
In IT careers
2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →
5
Dudes of Disruption Episode 50 - The Fear Factor▲53
Overcoming Fear, Trusting Ourselves, 1 yr Anniversary
2016 · podomatic.com · its alternatives →
6
FemgineerTV - 16: How Practicing Creative Confidence Can Help You Embrace Risk▲59
Applying design thinking to personal development
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
7
bummer▲77
Let's fail to hide our failures
2022 · bummer.me · its alternatives →
8
Failure is Never Final▲58
How to bounce back BIG from any defeat
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
Tim Ferriss Show - How to Overcome Fear ▲74
Lessons from Firefighter and Luger, Caroline Paul
2016 · tim.blog · its alternatives →
10
Learning To Launch▲228
Stop failing. Start launching.
2016 · learningtolaunch.co · its alternatives →
11
Failing My Way to Success▲71
Life lessons of an entrepreneur
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
Finding Success in Failure▲58
A startup tell-all from a 10-year serial entrepreneur
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
Why We Fail▲76
Learn from other people's failures.
2016 · rosenfeldmedia.com · its alternatives →
14
Startup Failures▲116
Share your failures and learn from mistakes
2018 · seedproof.com · its alternatives →
15
StoryCorps - Do-Over▲54
Stories of people who've started over (trigger warning)
2016 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
16
Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming▲69
How can design inspire us to think about our future?
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
Lighthouse London - 19: How To Raise, Fail and Find Your True Calling: Mental Health in Startups▲57
James Routledge's startup journey
2016 · wearelighthouse.com · its alternatives →
18
Design Review: Episode 36 – Free your mind from design blocks!▲69
Why you keep getting stuck and how to fix it!
2016 · designreviewpodcast.com · its alternatives →
19
To Be Continuous - 5: The Fear of Shipping▲75
Reduce the fear of shipping code
2015 · devops.com · its alternatives →
20
The Startup Chat - 40: Your startup is surviving, but not thriving. quit or keep pushing?▲73
This is not a binary “yes” or “no” answer.
2015 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
21
The One & Only Podcast: Don't Let Fear Get In The Way Of Your Ideas▲62
Ideapod's Justin Brown shares tips on developing ideas.
2016 · areyoubeingreal.com · its alternatives →
22
MegaMaker - EP15 - "Extroverted jackass"▲87
How to deal with anxiety and self-doubt as a creative person
2016 · megamaker-f57f087d.simplecast.com · its alternatives →
23
Create Or Hate: Successful People Make Things▲128
We are all creative — there is a creator in you.
2016 · createorhate.com · its alternatives →
24
The Graphic Sound - 2: Burnout▲55
Podcast on graphic design, illustration, and creativity.
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →

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