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If You’re Not Failing, You’re Playing Too Small
Playing it safe is the real risk.
Failure isn’t the opposite of success.
It’s the f*cking roadmap.
If you’re not failing?
You’re not even in the game.
You’re stuck in the waiting room of “good enough.”
Performing safety.
Playing it small.
But here’s the truth:
Safe doesn’t mean safe.
Safe means stuck.
Growth doesn’t come from the comfort zone.
It comes from the edge.
From the moment your hands are shaking, your voice is cracking, and you do the thing anyway.
The women who build lives they love?
They’re not avoiding failure.
They’re flirting with it.
Inviting it in.
Letting it teach them, shape them, stretch them wider than they ever thought possible.
Because the most adaptable player wins.
Not the most perfect.
You want the roadmap?
Here it is:
Test.
Fail.
Learn.
Repeat.
Over and over.
Until your nervous system catches up with your vision.
Fear?
It’s not the stop sign.
It’s the f*cking green light.
Chase it.
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OFH invitation:
Stop asking “what if I fail?”
Start asking “what if I don’t?”
You’ve got this.
M x