他从小就养成了对失败的恐惧。

Fear of failure was bred into him at an early age.

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如果有一种恐惧是我们所有人都共有的，那就是对失败的恐惧。

If there is one fear that is common to nearly all of us, it is the fear of failure.

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每个希望“成功”的美国人也都知道对失败的恐惧，因为成功的神话不可避免地意味着成就和失败、明星和普通人之间的比较。

Every American who hopes to "make it" also knows the fear of failure, because the myth of success inevitably implies comparison between the haves and the have-nots, the stars and the anonymous crowd.

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It's about getting rid of limitations, of barriers, whether it's the fear of failure, something that we didn't have as kids.

也就是摆脱限制，阻碍，或者对失败的恐惧，这些东西在并不是与生俱来的。

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