Why Do We Doubt Our Own Abilities?

If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then, by all means, paint — Vincent Willem van Gogh

How many times were you motivated to do something but in the end, you doubted your abilities to see things through? You never tasted the results of what you could have become even though you were very enthusiastic about your plans.

Doubt makes it difficult to start and/or finish things. In most cases, we fear the consequences of the outcome not being a “win,” so we settle for nothing.

For me, doubting my own abilities whenever I am about to take action feels like a self-imposed cage — a cage with no bars yet powerful enough to keep me from reaching any significant progress. Can you relate?

Are you playing small, not because you can’t do amazing things, but because you doubt whether you are good enough? The following reasons why we doubt our potential will help you identify the triggers for your doubts to better deal with them.

You might think that you have many weaknesses to work on to achieve whatever you want in life. This type of approach always leaves no room for improving your strength.

After a long time of trying to fix your weaknesses, you start to not recognize what was once your strengths. Doubt does an excellent job at shifting all the attention to your shortcomings and hiding your strengths from you.

It is hard for me to start things alone, but I am also good at making connections and convincing others to do things with me. My mistake was trying to do things on my own to prove something. I ended up neglecting my ability to create relationships with people who could help support me.

In the end, I didn’t really fix anything. So my advice is if you think you need to fix yourself, go ahead and try, but never forget that you have strengths that also need your attention.

The best and fastest way to beat doubt is to keep your focus on your strengths. I concluded that whatever weakness I think I have, there is a complimenting strength for…

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