Turn self-doubt into no-doubt

Turn self-doubt into no-doubt

Many impose limits on themselves. These are the self imposed limitations or as Napoleon Hill called, “prison.” Risk taking is the willingness to make mistakes, advocate unconventional or unpopular positions, or tackle extremely challenging problems without obvious solutions. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. It is the willingness to jump in with both feet. Doubt and fear will prevent you from taking risk. Risk taking means overcoming your doubts and fear about failure and, “pressing on towards the mark of the high calling of Jesus Christ”, Phil 3:14 which is the goal of life. Never be afraid to fail.
There are many people who took their great invention, discovery, the book that was never written to the grave with them because of doubt and fear. The worse kind of doubt and fear is directed at self. Self doubt puts the brakes on you chasing your dream. It is one of the biggest barriers to living an abundant purpose driven life and it sabotages your dreams even before you get started. Self doubt will convince you that you are not smart enough, pretty or handsome enough, and that you don’t have what it takes to succeed in life. You will never discover what you could have been because of doubt and fear. The moment you think, “I can’t”, doubt and fear will cloud and obscure your judgment. Doubt and fear will keep you imprisoned or as Napoleon Hill wrote, “Most people condemn themselves to prison all their lives despite the fact that they carry the keys to their prison without knowing they possess them. The prison consists in the self-imposed limitations they set up in their minds, or permit others to set for them.” Peradventure about your abilities, skills, talent, qualifications and resourcefulness will hamper your ability to achieve self-fulfillment and to move forward in ones life.
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