Self-Handicapping (& How to Fight Back)

We’ve all been there…

You have a big, ambitious goal you’re driving towards, but you start to feel a creeping sense of doubt about whether you can achieve it. You worry about failing to achieve the goal, so you start thinking, speaking, and acting in ways that subtly cut into your odds of success.

You shrink yourself down to avoid a hard fall.

Self-Handicapping is a psychological protection strategy that people use to insulate their self-esteem from the damage of potential failure.

When someone engages in Self-Handicapping, they engage in actions or behaviors that actually undermine their chance at success in an effort to provide themselves with a built-in excuse if failure occurs.

Self-Handicapping is an emotional and psychological shield we all put up—one that is particularly prevalent among highly ambitious people who set high bars for success.

I believe there is a simple root cause:

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