Take yourself seriously to reach your full potential (finding self belief)

A lot of people can't take themselves seriously enough to reach their full potential, so this episode I analysed self belief and how to find it.

I realised I was getting in my own way of achieving what I wanted to because I was doubting my abilities and feeling scared to try, or doing projects without my full effort and care.

Discussing this topic I realised how its a continuous cycle, you have to find self belief to act, and when you act you'll create something that gives you more self belief to improve what happens when you act and so on.

Sometimes you have to start before you're ready to find evidence of why you should believe in yourself.

To be convincing and create to a high standard you have to have convinced yourself. Set high expectations and you'll act to fulfil them, focus on doubt and you will find evidence for it.

Its natural the things you care about the most are the ones you'll feel the most fear in for trying, but the risk of not trying is bigger than the risk of mistakes or criticism if you change how you value them.

At the end I go through lists of protective factors that increase your sense of self belief and risk factors that promote self doubt because its really beneficial to review your life and reflect on where you're being supported or criticised.

Once you unpack what you're scared of, what the risks of trying vs not trying are, and decide to care about your efforts and put your all into whatever it is, everything will flourish and overtime you'll reach the position you always wanted, whether its in your career or relationships or hobbies or health