Fear Of Conforming

The fear of failure often cuts the endurance of individuals to keep pursuing their dreams, alternatively, making individuals assume that it is better to do nothing than anything. For further explanation, the idea of conforming is so engrained into the mindsets of countless individuals, that being labelled as rebellious or going against the status quo, is completely ignored and felt as being irrational. As mentioned in lecture on October 13, people become accustomed to certain things and beliefs in society, consequently causing them to become imprisoned by life. Additionally, another point mentioned was that in fact, many humans “are all roamers in vast spaces”, we unconsciously regulate ourselves to what is expected of us, and just wander around the world, like lost sheep. Therefore, individuals of society either blindly follow with the restrictions placed on them, or do not do anything at all, as their emotions and thoughts will not be able
As I mentioned before, many times I often find myself hesitating to take that extra step of creativity, and allowing my inner characteristics to pierce through, as I fear that my ideas are not going to be accepted by my professor, thus often merely follow the guidelines mentioned. Along those lines, when starting up a business, or selecting a course/career that seems to be quite interesting, many individuals hesitate to follow through with their aspirations as they feel that they are not going to fail, and not good enough, in comparison to the elite students. In fact, I believe that the idea of competition is another factor which causes people to not explore too deep into the opportunities in their life or make certain decisions, as in everyone’s there will always be that one person that will be