Nothing to Lose
Jun 13, 2021
There is no downside to believing in yourself.
So often we are afraid to believe in ourselves—in our ability to do something or to be somebody who…
I think that this comes from us wanting to protect ourselves.
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Protect ourselves from disappointment in the case that we might fail.
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Protect ourselves from self-judgment in the case that we might fail.
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Protect ourselves from embarrassment in the case that we might fail in a public way.
And it is normal to want to protect ourselves. It’s a deep-seated, primal instinct to want to protect ourselves from uncomfortable situations or feelings.
But here’s the thought error in this so-called logic:
By declining to believe in ourselves,
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We are disappointed ahead of time.
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We are self-judging ahead of time.
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We are embarrassed ahead of time.
WE ARE IN ESSENCE, FAILING AHEAD OF TIME.
We think that whether we will succeed in doing something or being somebody who… is pre-determined. As if if we had a crystal ball, we could look into the future and find out whether we did or did not.
But that’s not the case. Whether we succeed or not is a story yet to be written. And, here is the best part, the story that will unfold is in our own control. Through our belief. Through our thoughts.
Because we know that:
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our thoughts create our feelings
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everything we do or don’t do stems from the feelings we are feeling.
So if we don’t believe now, we won’t take the actions now that will lead to that future success.
And even if you do believe, and you take all the actions that come from that feeling that belief in self creates, and maybe you still don’t quite do that something or become that somebody who... in exactly the way you had envisioned, well I can guarantee that you’re going to be a whole heck of a lot closer to that vision and will have grown and evolved as a person a heck of a lot more than if you hadn’t believed and hadn’t taken those actions.
So, I want to ask you to consider these questions today:
๐๐ปWhere are you not believing in yourself?
๐๐ฝAre you trying to protect yourself from what you perceive as a predetermined, set future that might not be what you want?
๐๐พCan you see how perhaps if you chose to believe in yourself that you would in fact help to shape that future to be what it is that you want most?
I highly recommend you believe in yourself. You've got nothing to lose in doing so.
โจYou are not stuck. Change is just one first step away.โค
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