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Four Ways To Overcome Your Worst Enemy
Surprise: you are your own worst enemy. I am definitely mine.
For people like myself with huge aspirations, there’s a natural self-critique that accompanies our ambition. Fortunately, I’ve reflected and identified ways that I’ve overcome the obstacles no one but my own psyche places on myself.
I’m sharing these experiences and lessons because something tells me they may be helpful.
Take Action, Despite What Your Inner-Critic Says
Recently, I went through a period where I was super self-conscious about my writing. Now, every writer knows that’s not necessarily uncommon, but the problem was I allowed the self-consciousness and doubt to keep me from producing.
Every two weeks, I send out an email newsletter with my writing. One week I was supposed to write an article but didn’t, mostly because I didn’t feel confident enough to write anything.
The following week I got confident enough to write something but lost that confidence as I finished the article. My self-doubt was so intense that I almost didn’t send out my newsletter even though I had the content for it.
I managed to overcome my doubt and send the newsletter. The next day, the president of the non-profit, Roadtrip Nation, replied saying…