There is this question that comes to my mind sometimes, and I struggle with finding the right answer. That question is, 'How do I tackle self doubt'. How do you proceed in life if you are always doubting what/how to do the next thing.
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Without going into a lengthy rant on how society has conditioned us to always be in self doubt, and finding the right passage of expressing our true self, in fact our strongest self to the surface; always being stuffed down by others and questioned on our activities, I am going to try and find a solution to this.
So how do you remedy this? How do you get rid of this?
You won't find the answer the same way you found the question, i.e. letting things get in your head. Self doubt is purely a self taught phenomena; you taught it to your brain. Honestly, your heart and your ba**s have the ability to do some magnificent stuff, without letting your brain pop in the middle.
The fastest, most effective and Band-Aid rip-off solution that I find to this is 'TO DO THE THING YOU ARE AFRAID TO DO'. Do it. It is not about being confident enough going into a tough situation, it is not about having a plan, it is not about having the most detailed solution; It's about doing it. It's about courage. Courage is what you will experience if you doubt something but go ahead and do it anyway. So your problem is not doubt. Your problem is courage. Doubt will always be there, but it gets out of the way when you express courage.
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You won't find success the first time. And success isn't supposed to be that. Success for me is moving in the direction of what my goal, my passion is. People think success is doing things with a plan. I don't quite believe it. For me, success is finding the path to progression; towards an ultimate goal. And courage is doing those things you don't know how to do. Your self-doubt will step out of the way when you build that courage to do the right thing - and the power will be added to you.
Cheers!
RS
Great job Ravi!!! some serious points to ponder! n I especially like and totally agree with you when you say that success is not doing things with a plan!!!! A brilliant approach to life I'd say!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jani... I totally agree with you.
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ReplyDeleteI cannot agree more with you Ravi!
ReplyDeleteI managed to tackle at beginning the self-doubt when one person believed in me...
that was very strong back then...
Nowadays, I just enjoy listening to people telling me "you cannot do that" ...you have to see my smile then :D
I see you smile more often these days :D
DeleteFine words Ravi. Looking forward to many more!
ReplyDeleteI also love Shakespeare's take on this, "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt."