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It's a paradox: many highly successful people tend to become reluctant to move beyond their already proven capabilities. Behind this inertia is a deeply rooted anxiety: you want to continually perform at peak level, to be recognized, and to have strong relationships with your boss and your colleagues. To overcome this anxiety and keep growing, says organizational behavior expert Tom DeLong, you must allow yourself to do the right thing poorly. Like a golfer adopting a better but unfamiliar swing, you must summon the courage to move into new territory and allow yourself to make mistakes in order to grow. Using vivid personal stories and penetrating diagnostic questions, DeLong shows how you can break out of the mind-set that keeps high-need-for-achievement professionals like you from reaching their full potential. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 2 of "Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success."