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[ Acknowledge your achievements, big and small. ]
Heading home from a work trip tonight, unfortunately quite sick and exhausted, but with a strong reminder that, sometimes, just your presence is enough. You don’t have to be a superhero to make the world a better place.
What are some small achievements you can celebrate yourself for?
“I’m not good enough.” This thought came up for me last week moments before I delivered a leadership training to a room of executives. Even though I’ve led dozens of trainings like this around the country, I notice this thought creeps up. When a self-doubt appears, the first reaction I usually have is to reject it or judge it.
The counter-thought is, “I shouldn’t think that. I AM good enough.” Focusing on this affirmation, while it sounds empowering, doesn’t work because it’s a reaction to an original “I’m not good enough” thought. It’s like fighting fire with gasoline.
It’s working in opposition to the first thought, trying to prove it wrong. And when I come from this place of resistance, I am constantly trying to prove why I am good enough to myself and others. The battle never ends. Can you relate?
The more I try to prove I‘m good enough and reject any thought that goes against that, the more my self-doubts pushed back like a baby crying for attention. And I see this happen for many of my clients. What we resist persists.
Then I realized, the answer is not resistance. It is allowance.
I thought, what if I allow myself to transcend duality and allow two completely opposing thoughts to be both be valid and exist in complete harmony with one another?
What if we allow ourselves to breathe into the “I’m not good enough”, let it be, and allow the belief “I am worthy, powerful and strong” to also exist? What if instead of fighting against opposite thoughts, we allowed and accepted the beauty of contradiction?
As I stepped in front of the executive team, I felt so much lighter when I realized I had nothing to prove. That it’s OK to feel like both a phony and a rockstar in the same moment. That our power lies in the paradox. And the training was a huge success!
When we welcome both our self doubts and self affirmations, without judgment, our self doubts actually quiet down. They get to exist, and you still get to recognize your value and shine.
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