‘I’m too good for this’

Good news and bad news, and things we tell ourselves. Also, 7 other things worth knowing today.

I have some good news and some bad news.

• Good news: Most people could achieve a lot if they’d let go of false beliefs.
• Bad news: Most people won’t do it.

With that in mind, here are 7 simple self-defeating lies that people tell themselves to torpedo their own success, along with how to stop believing them.

 
1. “People will laugh at me.”

Let’s start with a huge, ironic, life-affirming secret that many people never learn, or learn only when it’s almost too late.

Nobody cares. Nobody will remember.

Oh how refreshing it is when you realize that almost nobody cares if you fail! Of the very tiny minority who even notice, an even tinier sliver will remember.

Here’s what to say to people who belittle your effort: “Meh.”

Even better: nothing.

They don’t matter in the least. And if you do fail, just do something else new before anyone has time to notice.

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Πηγή: understandably.com