"What about self-doubt?"
For self-doubting (AKA perfectly normal) dreamers
Someone I care about called the other night to talk about leaving his job for a business venture of his own. He had questions, and wanted to talk to me because he knows I’ve risked big and am doing the thing.
Time and privacy don’t permit me to share everything we talked about, but this one particular question of his will, I bet, resonate with you.
“I can get mired in my head,” he said. “What’s your advice about that?”
Then he got really honest with his question: “Basically, what do you do about self-doubt?”
Ah, the curse (and blessing) of every non-egomaniac dreamer: self-doubt.
To him and to all of us, I say: “You face it. You face it in the mirror every day. And you start to make (some measure of) peace with it in a way you couldn’t while playing it safe.”
Yes—this is what we do.
Here's to your big dreams, and to really living. See you in the next one…
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Confidence Is The Reward, Not the Fuel
If you’re waiting around for confidence, it might time to go “get” some. Because here’s the thing: Confidence isn’t the motivator. It’s the reward.