For some of us, the fear of being seen has deep roots because we watched our parents and other family members experience criticism, jealousy or rejection when they became visible. It can cost business opportunities and money.
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The Emotional Cost of Success: How Rejection Affects Your Ability to Build Wealth
When we're expanding, whether that's asking for more money, building a business, investing, or becoming more visible we often assume the biggest obstacles will be practical and that’s not true. The greatest challenge is often emotional.
Fear of Being Seen: How Childhood Beliefs Keep You Small
It isn't that you don't want success. It's that being seen doesn't feel safe. In my work, I call this the vow of invisibility. It's an unconscious promise many of us make in childhood to stay small because somewhere along the way we learned that visibility came with a cost.