{"id":9325,"date":"2016-07-03T21:38:07","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T20:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/?p=9325"},"modified":"2018-02-12T14:39:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T14:39:59","slug":"stop-doubting-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/2016\/07\/stop-doubting-yourself","title":{"rendered":"How To Stop Doubting Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9257.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9447 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9257-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9257\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9257-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9257-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9257-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9257-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9257-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9257-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9257-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9257-1170x780.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9257-870x580.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9257.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s such a shame to see my talented and hardworking friends doubting themselves on a daily basis. They simply don&#8217;t think they&#8217;re good enough or capable of reaching their goals. Yes, they&#8217;re ambitious but they carry around this big old heavy weight of self-doubt. Sadly, this keeps them from moving forward, growing and ultimately reaching their goals.<\/p>\n<p>I know we can all fall into this way of thinking from time to time but it&#8217;s not good. It&#8217;s important to find ways to push through the feelings. It&#8217;s important to be self-aware and have self confidence. Because, if you don&#8217;t believe in yourself then no one else will.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>How to tackle self-doubt:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Arrange a mastermind session:\u00a0<\/strong>Masterminds\u00a0doesn&#8217;t just have to be for business folk. Arrange a mastermind to talk about your life or your blog. This will give you the\u00a0chance to share something you\u2019re struggling with and gain feedback from people with different perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Surround yourself with positive people:\u00a0<\/strong>Eliminate the negative people from your life. If someone brings you down then see less of them. Focus on surrounding yourself with friends and family who lift you up and support what you do.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Keep learning:<\/strong>\u00a0If you&#8217;re not happy with your skill-set then\u00a0do something about it. Take a course, use Google and build upon the skills you have.\u00a0Improving your knowledge and mixing with like-minded people might\u00a0give you the confidence you need to believe in yourself.<\/p>\n<p>If your friend is struggling with self-doubt then highlight their strengths and goals and let them know they have your support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Do-not-save-what-is-left-after-spending-spend-what-is-left-after-saving-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9448 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Do-not-save-what-is-left-after-spending-spend-what-is-left-after-saving-3.jpg\" alt=\"Do not save what is left after spending, spend what is left after saving (3)\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Do-not-save-what-is-left-after-spending-spend-what-is-left-after-saving-3.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Do-not-save-what-is-left-after-spending-spend-what-is-left-after-saving-3-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Do-not-save-what-is-left-after-spending-spend-what-is-left-after-saving-3-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Do-not-save-what-is-left-after-spending-spend-what-is-left-after-saving-3-370x310.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Do-not-save-what-is-left-after-spending-spend-what-is-left-after-saving-3-570x478.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Do-not-save-what-is-left-after-spending-spend-what-is-left-after-saving-3-770x645.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Do-not-save-what-is-left-after-spending-spend-what-is-left-after-saving-3-692x580.jpg 692w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Pop over to my biz blog, Llama Social for more\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamasocial.com\/business\/5-ways-to-free-yourself-from-self-doubt\/\">tips on freeing yourself from self doubt<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/380064884&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Edit, I&#8217;ve just launched a podcast and you can now listen to Phil and I chat about the topic of self-doubt.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>How do you deal with self-doubt?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s such a shame to see my talented and hardworking friends doubting themselves on a daily basis. They simply don&#8217;t think they&#8217;re good enough&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1328],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9325"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9325"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13107,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9325\/revisions\/13107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}