Stop Holding Yourself Back

Do you hold yourself back because you’re afraid that the outcome will somehow be negative? Sometimes we spend a lot of energy convincing ourselves that particular goals are doomed to failure, though we might desperately desire these goals to come to fruition. Often times, we have a belief inside that says we don’t have the “right stuff” to accomplish what we set out to do – or we’re afraid that we’ll end up making a poor decision and screwing up the entire situation. Think about how you really feel, regarding your own potential for success. If you don’t feel optimistic, turn that ship around with these tips:

Avoid Gloom and Doom.
This step is worth the effort. But just remember that Rome wasn’t built in a day, and this tip most likely won’t show immediate results. Starting right now, reduce the time you are exposed to negativity. It doesn’t matter if that means not watching the evening news, or whether it means to avoid the toxic people who see only failure and horror in everything, it’s important to cut those cancerous presences from your life… at least for awhile. If you absolutely have to scan the news headlines on the Web once a day, and read the absolute essentials, that isn’t the end of the world – just keep in mind that what gets traffic to a web site is presenting EVERYTHING as if it were cataclysmic. Just avoid getting immersed in their sludge. Over time, this will liberate you and leave a great deal of your emotional reserves open to actually doing something with your life, as you won’t be wasting energy carrying around negativity for which you bear no responsibility and over which you have no control.

Watch your language.
Stop putting yourself down. What I mean to say is, speak a bit more kindly to yourself, you overall decent and respectable person. This example is meant to illustrate that even belittling yourself in a joking manner is absolutely unacceptable. But while you might not think that the occasional self-effacing joke is a big deal, EVERYTHING you say to yourself goes into your subconscious mind… and bad things make you feel bad. So, start talking positively to yourself, even if feels absolutely ridiculous. Affirm that anything you desire is possible, and it will BE possible – even if you don’t have all the technical skills (with the right attitude, you can learn them).

Reclaim your power.
To increase your belief in yourself and what you can do, try picturing this: see yourself as you are, and then picture a flicker of brilliant white light beginning to form in your midsection. Now watch this speck of light as it begins to grow larger and brighter, filling your entire torso with shimmering, brilliant power. See yourself growing larger and more confident, brightened greatly by this light. Now imagine this image of yourself growing into you, and BEING you. This image is your inner power, and you can grow it into something truly imposing… and accomplish whatever you really desire in life.