I think the reason this is effective is not so much that you've given yourself p...

david_ar on Dec 31, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Permission to Fail

I think the reason this is effective is not so much that you've given yourself permission to fail, but rather realising that failure isn't as big a catastrophe as you initially felt it to be.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decatastrophizing