Doubt breeds failure.
If you doubt yourself, then you’ve lost the upper hand.
What causes doubt?
You have a millisecond where doubt sets in. If you’re in a pressurized situation and you don’t know how to prevent that doubt from setting in, you’ve more than likely already lost.
If you’ve got the skills, knowledge and self belief, you’ve got the tools to prevent doubt and be successful.
There’s one other core component to doubting yourself: your mindset.
Your mindset is shaped by your belief system. If you limit yourself - I’m not good enough, can’t you see how hard I’m trying, you don’t understand me - you've opened the door to let doubt in.
Imagine stepping up to take a penalty in the World Cup Final. You can have all the skills and knowledge in the world, but at that moment you strike the ball, if you doubt yourself 1%, you allow fear in - creating more probability of missing the goal or allowing the keeper to save your strike.
Stay calm, present and confident, and the goal’s yours!
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