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Recently someone asked me what I would I do if I knew I could never fail at it.

At first I spend a good amount of time trying to think of some kind of activity or hobby or profession I've always been interested in but never had the guts to attempt , but I couldn't come up with anything. After a good few months went by, almost forgetting the question entirely, I came up with an answer almost involentarily: I would do exactly what I've always done with no change. After thinking about that I reasoned that this is because failure is not something I consider when I set out to do something. Of course the possibility always exists, but it shouldn't deter you from attempting something you want to do. You should do what you want and forget about failure. If someone isn't doing something they want to do because they think they'll fail, they should try and beef up their self-esteem because nothing is more disabling than projecting your own failure.

Trying my best not to sound egotistical, I can't really think of a more logical answer than my own. If someone were to say "Oh? And I could never fail?! I would be a pilot." Than what's stopping them from being a pilot?*


*Excluding, of course, physical and financial limitations, but we're not discussing those here.