Fear of failure is deceptive. Don't do it, you'll fail, it says. Courage is inceptive. It's where success starts.

Idleness argues its case first, and it argues well — relax, do nothing, nobody gets hurt. Fear argues second, and its case is worse: don’t try, you’ll fail, so why start. Innocent answers both by naming what courage actually does. It doesn’t guarantee the outcome, it just gets you moving before the outcome exists to be feared. Either you get it right, or you learn something specific about what doesn’t work. Success was never the starting condition. It’s what starting sometimes turns into.