How to Quash Your Fear of Making Mistakes

If you have ever felt anxiety that something exciting might be happening without you, you're familiar with fear of missing out (FOMO). But what happens when you feel an underlying worry about making a mistake?

Fear of messing up (FOMU) can have the opposite effect from FOMO. Instead of spurring you to action, FOMU can lead to an overabundance of caution, according to Kellogg' Ellen Taaffe.

"We're not always conscious of why we might be holding back," said Taaffe, a clinical associate professor of management and organizations and author of the recent book The Mirrored Door. "It's all around what we think of ourselves or what other people think of us."

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