How to Overcome Self-doubt

If we were to take a poll on our SlightEdge Instagram story and ask how many people experience self-doubt, most people would respond, “Yes, I do!” It’s human nature to have self-doubt. Some of the reasons we experience self-doubt are due to past experiences where we might have failed or made a mistake, comparing ourselves to others, lack of experience, or oftentimes it’s how we were raised and the messaging we received growing up. No matter what the reason is that you have self-doubt, the first thing you need to do is acknowledge it and feel confident that you can attack the challenge head-on. Have confidence in yourself that you can accomplish what you want and you need to believe it’s possible. And here is how to do this.

1. Identify your limiting belief.
a. What are my limiting thoughts?
b. Identify/accept where things are showing up in your life

2. Change yourself talk. Start using phrases like…
a. Why not me?
b. Why wouldn’t I succeed?
c. If they can do I can do it!
d. I am good enough to _____!

3. Focus on your goals and desires.
a. Our minds are special. We are creating ideas and memories every day our lives.
b. Conscious vs Subconscious mind

4. Surround yourself with people who support your dreams.
a. Sometimes your closest friends can’t help you and sometimes they might even hold you back.
b. Be aware of your circle of influence
c. Change your goals or associations

5. Take action.
a. Most people find self-doubt when they are just standing around thinking
b. In the parking lot of the gym its easy to drive away but when you’re on the treadmill, you just need to put one foot in front of the other

6. Build resilience.
a. Failures are just events — change your mind as its feedback
b. Find a way to push past these failures and it will become your habit

As mentioned, you will have self-doubt at some point in your life, probably even this year or this month. What are you going to do about it? We have provided the steps and now it is time for you to implement them. To learn more about the different mindsets we teach at SlightEdge and see some of our personal development videos, check out our Youtube Channel.