Why does the fear to succeed derive from the fear that you will not succeed or have not succeeded previously?
How about the fear to succeed coming from the fear that you might actually succeed.
Then you will realise all those chances that you passed by along the way.
All those branches that were offered that you failed to grasp.
And that they were within your grasp the whole time and the only thing that stopped you, was you.
Amen....fits in nicely w/this:
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." - Marianne Williamson