Productivity Paranoia | Business author says this is the key to growth - but is it a toxic mindset?

‘Through failing to prepare, you’re preparing to fail.”

This was a sentence said to many of us when we were younger, primarily as a means to encourage us to have foresight and plan effectively. Much of the reason why people prepare so diligently for presentations or an important meeting is out of a desire to do well and fear of failing. But what happens when this fear consumes you?