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The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.
~ Sylvia Plath
In my opinion, self-doubt is counterproductive to any cause. Whether you’re writing a book, training for a marathon, participating in a Bikram challenge or hinging your hopes on Someday, once you allow doubt (a close relative of fear) to creep in, your enthusiasm and/or motivation tends to dwindle. Has anyone ever questioned your intentions and then suddenly the idea or goal you were so excited about seemed silly or unattainable? Or maybe you wanted to prove your naysayers wrong and ramped up your efforts. Regardless, insecurity is not our friend because it poisons potential. Instead, we need to be overcomers in order to transform self-doubt into self-confidence. We’re the only ones who know how badly we want something. So we’re the only ones who can determine what it will take to push through the uncertainties and come out ahead. Trust yourself. It’s better to fail than never to try.
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Feb 18, 2013 @ 10:52:37
Great post! I think it’s the fear of rejection that gets to me the most. Even if I get through doubting myself by trusting myself and do things anyway, I still anticipate rejection/failure at the end. It’s reminding myself of the successes I’ve had that gets me through eventually. The brain is wired to dwell on negativity, but I know that can be changed. Letting go of rejections can be difficult… Hopefully, through trusting myself, one day I’ll be able to ignore them!
Feb 18, 2013 @ 16:18:01
~ thank you for your insight. Over the past six months since I’ve been practicing Bikram Yoga, I’ve been applying the principle of: mind over matter in and out of the hot room. Yoga is practice. Life is practice. What is the worse thing that can happen if we fail? Let it go and try again. Do I do this each and every time? Not perfectly. That’s why it’s called practice 🙂