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EPISODE · Feb 5, 2026 · 29 MIN

Episode 20: Are We Romanticising Ambition and Avoiding Responsibility?

from The Self Startup Show with Zaynab and Hafsa · host Zaynab and Hafsa

Fear of success. Fear of failure. Fear of looking cringe.In this episode, we talk about fear and how it quietly becomes one of the biggest roadblocks to building anything meaningful.We also touch on:ambition, and whether it’s actually enough to carry you to successwhether embarrassment is really the price of successwhy our obsession with being “original” stops us from startingwhy inaction often hurts more than trying ever willIf any of this hit a nerve, come try and debunk it with us on the podcast.Email us: [email protected] links: ⁠https://linktr.ee/selfstartup

Fear of success. Fear of failure. Fear of looking cringe.In this episode, we talk about fear and how it quietly becomes one of the biggest roadblocks to building anything meaningful.We also touch on:ambition, and whether it’s actually enough to carry you to successwhether embarrassment is really the price of successwhy our obsession with being “original” stops us from startingwhy inaction often hurts more than trying ever willIf any of this hit a nerve, come try and debunk it with us on the podcast.Email us: [email protected] links: ⁠https://linktr.ee/selfstartup

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