I have a question for you. Does this video describe your thoughts in any way?

The Power of Self Doubt

It’s all too easy to get caught up in the negative attitudes of others and let ourselves think just like the guy in the video (alright, maybe not quite that bad). But, what can we do to avoid this king of thinking?

It all starts with a healthy self image. Do you think of yourself as less capable , less intelligent or less anything than most people?

I’ve got news for you. No one is perfect or good at everything. Even Einstein said that he was weak in math (imagine that!) The greatest surgeon in the world is probably not as good as you are at something.

If you’re not as good at something as someone else you can do one of two things - recognize the fact that it doesn’t matter to you or study and practice to get better. If you’re not planning to become a surgeon, developing surgical skills is not something you need to worry about.

Do not judge yourself in relation to what others know or do. We each have our own knowledge file and “skills” file that’s unique to ourselves. Just because someone else is better at something has no bearing on their relative intelligence or yours.

We all go through life on our own individual agenda. We learn what’s important to us depending on our own likes and passions.

It doesn’t matter at all that you don’t know something that someone else knows if you have no interest in the subject and comparing your knowledge with theirs is a waste of time. If it makes you feel inferior it damages your self image and for no reason at all. Why should you care that Johnny can do calculus and you can’t if you have no need for calculus and no interest in math?

To develop a healthy self image realize that you are as good as anyone else. Don’t compare yourself to others. What they can and can’t do neither add to or lessens the person that you are unless you believe it does.

I brought this up again because the first thing that must be done to insure a good personal development plan is to first believe you are capable of achieving what you desire. Without a good self image you’ll doubt your ability and when you do that you smash your chances of success.

I’m spending several days (posts) on belief and building a healthy belief foundation for yourself. Without feeling good about you, you won’t be able to believe you can reach your goals. Goals without belief that they can be reached are useless.

For a more detailed coverage of belief and good self image get my book Believe It! along with a success mini-course. You can get it all for free with my newsletter here.

Duane

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