The Fear of Failure (The Alchemist)

"Don't give in to your fears," said the alchemist, in a strangely gentle voice. "If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart."

"If a person is living out his Personal Legend, he knows everything he needs to know. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure."

I have always known that I have a huge fear of failure and that it has made me who I am today. I've lied to myself by thinking that acting on my fear was a good thing but I just now realized that it isn't. Because I have reacted to fear all my life I am now unhappy with a certain part of my life. Maybe more than one part...

How can I change this? It's ingrained in me, "better safe than sorry!".

Man, I have some work to do... :-)