People have incredible amounts of ideas, many of which are innovative and positive. They have thought about ways to live their life, new forms of communication, optimizing transportation, and even becoming an artist. They would like to manifest these ideas, but do not because they either lack self-belief or are taught that their ideas are unimportant. Why should he ever listen to me? Why should millions of people buy my products? These disempowering thoughts are sickening, and need to be overcome. It is what the legends have done, are doing, and will continue to do in the future.
Doubt is all around us. Some people provide it to you in abundance; some worldly situations crack our armor of confidence, allowing this emotionally-bacterial substance into our sub-conscience. Suddenly, instead of being opposed by other people, and learning to overcome them, we are opposed by ourselves. He or she is a mighty opponent. This “other you” has been sickened so severely by the hemlock of doubt that they now seek to exterminate all positive ambition. This perverted life form of ourselves restricts the flow of positivity, success, and self-belief. It blurs the lenses through which we view life, negating our recognition of personal talents, aspirations and progress. Worse of all, after shelling us in a cocoon of callousness, it looks to spread to others like a viral disease, unsatisfied until it engulfs the enthusiasm and life of the world.
However, doubt can not establish residence in your mind and begin its process of debilitation if we do not open the door. When you feel its putrid tentacles scaling the armor of your self-esteem, peer through the door, look at doubt in the eye, and shut your mind from it. You know it is there, but you intend to keep it there and not in your mind. Two strategies to dismantle doubt are:
1. Know the reason behind your fear. There is an internal inconsistency that is creating your uncertainty. Doubt begins to knock louder and louder when it feels your hesitation. Look at doubt, say, “Not today” and move on. Courage is acting in the face of fear.
2. Channel your internal cabinet of leaders. We all have people that we look up to. In times of tribulation, ask yourself, “what would my hero do?” In their honor, act to beat fear.
As always, it is my hope that these strategies elevate your life. Please comment below to describe how you will defeat doubt, and to join our community of conscious motivators and entrepreneurial achievers.
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