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Question:
How do I let go of my doubting mind to allow myself to see ideas beyond what I know?
Answer:
Your doubting mind arises from beliefs you hold. As we say in The Passion Test book, there are only three things that prevent anyone from living their passions: false beliefs, false concepts and false ideas.
Often these beliefs are tied to low self-esteem.
In coaching thousands of people on The Passion Test, the one thing we can be sure we will find when someone is having a hard time believing they could fulfill their passions (or in your case, see great ideas) is a case of low self-esteem. This is nothing to be embarrassed about because it is common and it is manageable.
Your friends and family could all gather around you and build up your self-esteem by telling you all of your great qualities and strengths, and it wouldn’t make any difference. You wouldn’t believe them. In order for you to believe them and approach a situation, challenge or new idea with the amount of confidence that will give you the best results you have to feel worthy. What accompanies low self-esteem is the belief that “I am not worthy and therefore I can’t possibly fulfill my dreams.”
In your case, we suspect that you doubt your abilities to not only come up with new ideas, but also implement them. If you knew you could accomplish anything you put your mind to and you were worthy of it, do you think you could then “see ideas beyond what you know?” Yes, of course you could. So have you accomplished great things in the past? Yes, of course you have. That is where your focus should be in order to let go of your doubting mind.
Janet writes about this very topic in The Passion Test book when she describes how she overcame her addiction to low self esteem and in particular, her need to play the victim. It truly transformed the way she saw herself and it can work for you also. We call it the Appreciation Game and here is Janet’s explanation of how it works. And it does work!
“Every day I would review what I had done that day and somehow find something I appreciated about myself. It didn’t matter if it seemed like a small thing. The exercise was to find something I could appreciate about myself, no matter what.
“At first this exercise wasn’t so easy. Finally after many starts and stops playing the Appreciation Game, I finally kicked my low self-esteem addiction and chose instead to put my attention not only on my passions but also on my achievements.”
You can play this game on your own or with a partner. Sit for a few minutes at the end of the day or first thing in the morning. If you are doing it with a partner, take turns acknowledging appreciation for each other and for yourselves.
If you’re playing this game on your own, make a list of at least ten things you appreciate about yourself, what you accomplished that day or wins that showed up in your life that day. Don’t repeat anything from the previous days. Do this for a week. See how your mind will shift from focusing on self doubt to self confidence. Take notice of how you feel about yourself (and your partner) after playing The Appreciation Game.
Your doubting mind will not be the focus of your attention, we promise!
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