Your Success Is Not Because of Your Self Doubt Its In Spite of It

Feeling assured is a performance tool.

It takes presence, kindness, and practice.

Trusting yourself and approving of yourself is a learned skill for most of us.

It involves un-training not helpful habits.

Many of us were taught that trusting ourselves and approving of ourselves would lead us astray.

That we might miss something.

That we probably don't know enough.

That self-doubt, second-guessing, and triple checking are responsible.

Many of us, especially women in medicine,

were taught that feeling assured, trusting ourselves, and approving of ourselves

might be irresponsible and pull us away from "excellence."

We were taught hypervigilance.

We were told to not trust ourselves, not approve of ourselves, and to doubt ourselves as a way to push ourselves harder and do more.

This is an expensive way to live-- imposter syndrome, self-doubt, and second-guessing is expensive - emotionally, physically, and spiritually..

Through coaching and mindfulness, I have learned that trusting yourself and letting go of self-doubt is

an excellence tool, a productivity tool, a sustainability tool, a success tool, and a happiness tool.

Who better to trust than yourself?

When we feel calm and grounded and own our strengths, experience, wisdom, and journey

we make wiser, more thoughtful decisive decisions.

We don't waste time and energy second-guessing them.

We make our decisions the right decisions and adapt along the way when needed.

The momentum continues without wasted energy.

Who better than you to make an important decision?

Feeling assured is a learned and practiced skill.

Assured one of my intentional words this year.

If you, like me, have gotten this far with self-doubt leading the way,

just imagine what might happen without it.

If a life without self-doubt sounds good, reach out.

I can attest there's a lot more energy for what matters without it.

As well as a lot more productivity, true success, and happiness.