Strongest Self-Belief and Deepest Self-Doubt Can Coexist

Why I will always bet on myself

If I could bet on one person in the world to deal with unsolvable situations and overcome any life's hardship thrown their way, I would bet on myself.

That might sound arrogant.

But it’s the truth.

I'm not saying I would do it most impressively and smoothly. But I would do it. I would find a way.

I believe in my ability to at least crawl out of adversity as much as I believe the sun will rise tomorrow.

Yet, I deal with self-doubt almost every single day.

How can this be true? How can someone have such a high level of self-belief and self-doubt simultaneously? If you thought this, that’s exactly where your real problem is hiding:

You wrongly assume that these two cannot coexist. You think self-doubt is a sign you're not ready to deal with what's in front of you.

Your problem is not that you lack self-belief or confidence.

Your problem is that you interpret self-doubt as a sign of your character rather than a wave of inner sensations that every human experiences more often and intensely than you know.

Think about this:

What if self-doubt isn't a sign that you are weak and broken but a rite of passage?

When self-doubt shows up, you know you're attempting to move forward, or at least you intend to do it.

What if you don't gain momentum in life because of the absence of self-doubt but because of how you relate to it?

These are some of the most crucial shifts in my getting unstuck a few years ago.

I went from thinking I would fall apart under life's pressure to embracing every challenge like it's an opportunity for growth (because it is).

Right now, I’m building something to share everything I've learned from that experience.

It won’t be a list of generic hacks. It won’t be recycled motivational fluff. It will be a journey for people who feel and think too much but do too little — the fellow overthinkers whose high self-awareness stops them from taking action.

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