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It is true and worth believing that there are no mountains { devil } anywhere; Our believes, fears, doubt and ignorance are our mountain. Any man, { in this context , I allude to both male and female } can become anything if he truly wants to become. A person who is mad enough to perceive totally no fear and doubt in his dealings, has no barriers. Bad energy and low self-esteem creeps in once doubt is perceived. I will deduce that our lives are the direct play of our mindset. Proverbs 4:23; "keep thy heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life".
Self-doubt is unwelcome influence that affect people at different levels in life, crippling their effectiveness in performances especially in their personal pursuit in life. I was once a real dude, so double minded, submerged in fear and doubt, especially when it comes to my trading career. It became a major hurdle in my life that impeded my growth both personal and professional. lingered within my mind, affecting and over shadowing my achievements, distorting my self-perception and crippling my ability for decision-making. It was really a journey overcoming self-doubt, so transformative, unlocking my potentials and abilities in full range.
The perceived of fear and doubtt:
It is possible that even when you are at your best, this insidious whisper of doubt and lack of believe on yourself, can terminate all your efforts in seconds. I perceived this, and all compliments was like i didn't deserve it, every single mistakes loomed large and became so much concerning. Nothing was ever satisfying leaving me gripped and clouded in fear, uncertainty and doubt.
As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he- proverbs 23:7:
My thoughts, energy and all of me was clouded and converted to believe that I wasn't good enough. And this indeed manifested not only in my career as a trader, but also in various aspect of my life as a person. self-doubt made me feel insecure in my social life, even when I was in the midst of my friends, I became mindful of what I speak, being scared of judgement. If I make any statement and my friends should laugh at my words, I will have this feelings that I wasn't supposed to say that. I thought less of myself, and so my friends thought of me
I felt difficult to pursue and accomplish little goals I sometimes set for myself, but somehow, I will feel this discouragement generated by my doubt, that makes me feel if I do have what it takes to complete these goals. And before I know, I will just all of a suddenly stop pursuing those goals. Self-doubt is not just feelings, but a powerful weapon against a person's life, targeted at manipulating you into thinking or perceiving less of yourself, which conveys s deeper influence, that makes others think the same of you.
The glimmer of light:
So one day, it came that I was faced with a serious challenge that I needed to scale through, but I felt this coldness within me; doubt as really gripped me, I was down dead in fear. But then something happened, I realized that the possibility for success in this situation was evident, but my doubt and fear was higher. I needed to overcome this challenge by all means, then something came into my mind that change my state immediately; these words from Steve Jobs: "The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do." I decided it was time to confront my fears and doubt and to move on.
Facing my demons:
The first step I took was to acknowledge my fears and doubt, and trying to understand my behaviors and thoughts when ever am in the midst of people, and when ever I sets goals and targets for myself, what generative thoughts I have. Then I realized that the outcome of a man's performances in life, is as the result of his dominant psychology. There was no need to fight these fears and doubt, but to use them for my strength.
Knowledge is the key:
So I started purchasing books concerning my career, desirous to know and hear from the heroes who had lived and left a mark in the sand of time, impacting lives with their supernature inside and streams of knowledge. Men who were faced with challenges worse than mine, and they did overcame. I call them supernaturals, because I perceived that if I must see beyond my limits, then I have to be upon tall shoulders.
Among the books a purchased were; Mind over market by James f. Dalton, the psychology of trading by brett N. steenbarger, Atomic Habits by James clear and Trading in the zone by Mark Douglas. On my daily consumption of these books, Light came to me, and I realized that; Light, truth and strength is not far from anyone, but they are buried in the pages of true heroes' work, only searched and found by they who truly cares.
The victory and moving on:
If you have never failed, then you probably not trying at all.
As I moved on, I realized that it's normal to feel doubt and fear sometimes within you, but it doesn't have to define who you are. I realized that failure is a product of success, that must be learned, mastered and utilize for success. I realized that self-doubt and fears are just an embodiment of information indicating to us, what greatness lies within, I realized that every moves forward that we make, is just a step closer to our goals. Thus, I found no more reason to be gripped by self-doubt and fear, I now see these feelings as an information indicating what level of greatness lies ahead in the pursuit of my goals.
Thanks for stopping by, and see you in my next article.
Inspired by #hivenaija
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Those scriptures did justice already 💯💯. A man is a product of the constituents of his mind. At times, just a victory story of another is what we need to over come fear or doubts.
that's right
You never know what you are capable of until you come out of your shell and dare to do what you fear and the place of knowledge can not be overemphasized cause hosea 4:6 says my people perish for lack of knowledge
That's great
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