How Self Doubt Limits Success
Begin Trusting and Believing In Your Power To Succeed
Mark Victor Hanson, coauthor of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, perhaps said it best when he said, "An ounce of doubt and you are out."
Self-doubt begins when you do not totally believe, in both your heart and mind, that you have the right, power and ability to succeed and thrive to your full potential.
YourDictionary.com defines self-doubt as: Lack of faith or confidence in oneself. Self-doubt has the negative power to make success an emotional and physical struggle.
Are You Making Success A Struggle?
Self-doubt generally stems from fear – the fear that success may become a burden, the fear of failure or maybe the fear living up to the expectations set by others. If you lack the confidence to go for your goals, ask yourself this:
- Am I afraid of my own greatness?
- Am I afraid of making a mistake?
- Am I afraid to set and achieve goals?
- Am I making success a struggle?
- Am I a perfectionist?
If you doubt your ability or worthiness to succeed, you are emotionally undermining your potential to live an abundant and well-rounded life. What is your greatest fear regarding success? It is time to look inward to determine the cause of your self-doubt. You have the power to control your self-limiting beliefs and that power begins in your mind.
Are You A Perfectionist?
Perfectionists are often riddled with self-doubt. A perfectionist’s thought process goes something like this – if I can’t do it perfectly then there must be something wrong with me. Perfectionists understand self-doubt probably better than anyone.
The perfectionist lives day in and day out with nagging feelings of not being worthy and deserving of success. If you are consistently measuring success against the perfect person standard, when is good enough ever good enough? The fact is, perfectionism robs you of the inner ability to allow yourself the thrill and joy of a job well done.
Is Emotional Baggage From Childhood Holding You Back?
Could self-doubt stem from some old childhood baggage that should to be packed up and left by the wayside? If you suffer with self-doubt, somewhere in your growing up experiences you were probably led to believe that you were not good enough or smart enough to succeed. Was it in school? Did family members belittle you? Were you taught to go for perfection?
The self-doubt you are experiencing as an adult are the echoes of words and actions of the adult role models who told you that you weren't good enough, perfect enough or smart enough to succeed.
Ask yourself this question when doubt begins to nibble away at your self-confidence and your self-esteem: Is there old baggage from childhood limiting my successes today as an adult? Should I be packing up this old negative childhood baggage and throwing it away?
Eliminating self-doubt begins by trusting in your power to succeed. An unwavering belief in yourself is one of your most important and powerful success tools.
Self Doubt Limits Success
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