Failure scares people. Rejection can be a painful experience. Many people are more scared to give a speech in front of their peers than they are of death itself. It seems ridiculous, but the reality is that for many many people, the anxiety associated with failure crippling.
The flipside (the Truth) is, if you embrace failure [...]

In tennis, No-man’s land is not where you want to be. The space between the baseline and volley line, it’s where you’ll likely hit the least shots.
The problem with no-man’s land is that you reach too far to hit long balls and too far to hit short balls. The middle is not an advantageous position [...]