Coaching your confidence and courage to that you finish what you start and contribute to the world in a way that matters.
The thing that is really hand, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. –Anna Quindlen (American author, journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner)
In this week’s podcast episode we’re going to be talking about:
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“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
A fear of being found out as less than, not enough, being insufficient, having lack. Our deep inadequacies often are that which make us feel inferior, but as we see from Eleanor Roosevelt’s wise words, the devastating thing about inadequacy is that it is a feeling that only we ourselves can give to ourselves. When we buy into the whisperings of inadequacy we give ourselves consent to allow ourselves to feel inferior for whatever reason. It is absolutely ungrounded and absolutely self-perpetuated.
Insecurity
Negative thinking
Overuse of sarcasm
Fear of vulnerability
Perfectionism
Pride
Living with a drive to prove oneself to others
Materialism
Body dsymorphia
Eating disorders / control addictions
The only place inadequacy really exists is in our minds.
Switching our internal dialogue changes everything.
{Lessons from living in Loudoun County}
{Lessons from running the Army 10-Miler}
{Start telling yourself the following truths}
I am strong physically.
I am even stronger mentally.
I finish things stronger than I start them.
What would happen if we started talking more openly about our fear of inadequacy instead of making it more powerful by pretending it doesn’t exist?
When you come up a bit short of excellence, you still win. When you strive for perfect, you’re just never quite good enough. It’s like being in an abusive relationship—with yourself.
Steve Jobs quote:
“Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you, and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.”
Steps to enter:
Mia
No problem! I used your advice yesterday in a request for a promotion and guess what? My manager agreed to it. Previously I had felt that if my manager saw my value they would instigate it and I was always too scared to. Thank you for giving me the tools to unlock my confidence.
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