It was the fear of being left behind by her mates at uni that made Mercury-award winner Speech Debelle focus and pursue her dreams. Her biggest achievement? No, not the award: learning to finish things.

Speech Debelle on failure

"I’m scared of not being able to do what I really want to do. I guess that means half of the problem is me". Fear of failing is so common. We all have it. How to ignore those negative voices? Just do it.