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NEW YORK, NY -- What paralyzes most people on the road to entrepreneurship is their insistence that they cannot afford to fail, says Jake Steinfeld, an entrepreneur who transformed his fitness company into the multimillion-dollar business called Body by Jake Global. "The second they say that, it's a paralyzing moment, because we're brought up with the idea that if you get an F, you're bad," said Mr. Steinfeld. "Failure is not death. You've got to be able to know that even if you fail, you're going to wake up tomorrow morning."
Patricia Farrell, who also moderates the anxiety and panic message forum at WebMD.com, says it is healthy for people to have concerns about jumping ship. "Anxiety, if it's not out of control, is a motivator," she said. "You have to be unhappy to feel a level of anxiety that will push you."
Anxiety, she said, can also serve an educational purpose, encouraging people to examine and learn about factors like finances, which are giving them pause. She concedes that younger people, who tend to be willing to take more chances, more easily surmount their fears. "You have more life ahead of you to make mistakes," she said.
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