Nayoung Kwon
2 min readJan 15, 2019

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How to overcome fear, uncertainty and go for what you want.

Everytime you’re fearful of something (mostly failing and not getting results that you wanted), don’t run away from it just because you’re afraid of getting unwanted results that don’t even exist yet. Instead, just try to give it a shot anyway. Because,

  1. First, you do not know how it will go. Even though chances are objectively slim, nobody never knows. There are so many unexpectable variations working in this world. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Not trying out something you want from the fear of not getting the results you want would be the stupidiest thing you could ever possibly do. Don’t die with regrets within you. What will bother you the most on your deathbed is not the fact that you failed but the fact that you didn’t even try.

2. The whole process of getting prepared for what you want could actually be useful for something else in the future even if you end up not getting the results you wanted in the first place. Like connecting dots that Steve Jobs mentioned at the commencement of Stanford University. You might not know at the moment how you could apply those skills you’d learned for other areas. But they will eventually help you no matter what you do. Because believe it or not, everything is connected in miraculously invisible ways in the world. So suffice it to say, whatever you do will be helpful for your future if you put your whole heart in it!

Deal with uncertainty! Expect happy accidents. Enjoy all of them. That’s what makes a life a life.

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Nayoung Kwon

A lover of philosophy and language. Currently based in Suwon, South Korea, gladly exploring this mysterious but beautiful planet everyday 🌏