At many points in our lives we’ve all experienced and have expressed our doubts about things. Of all the many different things we’ve doubted, the one most important thing that may be holding us back from achieving success is that we doubt ourselves. We doubt our own abilities to bounce back from setbacks and failures, most often before we even get started. The fact is we can’t achieve success in any area of our lives, even financial success, if you don’t believe in yourself. The only way to have continued, long lasting success in whatever we strive for, is that we must first believe in ourselves. It’s having belief in ourselves that allows us to pick ourselves up when we’ve been knocked down, to shake off the dust and try again. It’s that belief in ourselves that will keep us moving in the direction toward our vision of success. It’s when we doubt ourselves that we lose confidence and allow fear and insecurity to start coming up with all the excuses as to why we can’t or won’t be successful. If we stop to really consider the foundation for all the excuse’s we give ourselves, they all boil down to one common enemy…fear!
It Comes Down to Belief
Fear is a very strong and real emotion, and arguably one of the most powerful emotions. It’s so powerful that it often keeps you from achieving your true potential. There’s no doubt that the emotion is real which is what you react to, but whatever it is you fear is usually not. The fear you feel comes from the negative thoughts and ideas playing in your mind that haven’t happened yet.
The fear of failing, the fear of not being good enough, the fear of criticism, whatever it is, by becoming aware and realizing the source of your excuses, can help you to overcome those fears. You overcome your fears by facing them. It’s only when you face them that you can learn to react to the real challenges that come your way.
“It doesn’t matter if thousands of people believe in you, unless You believe in You.” ― Maddy Malhotra
What you’ll discover by facing those fears and overcoming them, is an increase in confidence that will give you the edge to believe in yourself to keep moving forward. One of the ways to help you to overcome your fears is to understand ahead of time that failure is inevitable on your journey for success and that when failure does come, you don’t dwell on it and beat yourself up over it.
Learn from the lesson and move on! Another is to remember and think about things you were successful with in the past, no matter how small. You also need to make a conscious effort to stop your inner critic from bringing you down and replace it with positive, uplifting self talk. It’s what you tell yourself on a regular basis that will help you keep a positive mental attitude to overcome those fears.
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