Doubt Yourself? You’re Onto Something.

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a" type="7">The collection of feelings of inadequacy that persist despite evident success.</p><p id="d971">Most, if not all people, doubt themselves. Most suffer from Imposter Syndrome without even knowing it.</p><p id="22d5">I’m here to tell you, this is normal. It’s good.</p><p id="39d4">It means you care about what you’re trying to do. It means you will put the effort to improve. It means you want to succeed.</p><p id="c036">It’s normal, yes. But don’t get too hung up on it.</p><p id="0859">Focus on doing the following:</p><h2 id="7c47">1. Set a Goal</h2><p id="9f50">What are you trying to achieve? Why are you evening doing this? Start by setting a clear goal and focus your efforts on reaching it. This is your compass. If ever in doubt, go back to your WHY.</p><h2 id="69f8">2. Don’t Look for Acceptance/Approval/Appreciation/Claps/Likes/etc.</h2><p id="1a61">We have gotten used to instant gratification — instant feedback on our work. This has great power over you. If you are simply working for other people’s approval, you will suffer.</p><p id="4d16">Plus, not everyone’s opinion matters. Take Seth Godin as an example. Godin has never read Amazon reviews of his books and has disabled comments and likes on his blog. If someone hates his book, it just means that book wasn’t for <i>that </i>type of re

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ader.</p><p id="16c2">Move on.</p><p id="856b">Start with yourself. Focus on YOUR goals, then assess what’s working and isn’t. Check your stats once every two weeks or once a month even.</p><h2 id="3d48">3. Get to Work</h2><p id="1a52">Focus on practicing — on doing the work. Don’t get hung up on your self-doubt. Accept that everyone will have self-doubt and dance with it.</p><blockquote id="371a"><p>I’m anxious. But I know I’m anxious because I care and I will do everything in my power to reach my goals.</p></blockquote><p id="ded1">This idea is very different from crawling into a ball because one reader left a terrible comment on your story.</p><div id="96d1" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/you-suck-now-put-in-the-work-9e335986b969"> <div> <div> <h2>You Suck. Now Put in the Work.</h2> <div><h3>“You’re NOT THAT GOOD. You could be good. But you haven’t put in 10,000 or the 1000 hours or the blood and the sweat…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*N99j6zZKlAdm3kMn)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Doubt Yourself? You’re Onto Something.

If you’re a creative, you are expected to come up with fresh “creative” material day in and day out.

It’s a never-ending journey. Heck, that’s is life for you.

You cannot stop.

There will be days when you doubt yourself.

Am I doing the right thing? Will my readers enjoy the story I’m writing? Am I good enough? Can I even write/draw/sing/run/etc.? I have no idea what I’m doing… Who reads this crap? What am I even on Medium? I spent days/hours writing this story, and barely anyone has clapped for it. The editors are questioning me… I’ma stop this nonsense.

Negative self-talk is there. It turns into Imposter Syndrome.

The collection of feelings of inadequacy that persist despite evident success.

Most, if not all people, doubt themselves. Most suffer from Imposter Syndrome without even knowing it.

I’m here to tell you, this is normal. It’s good.

It means you care about what you’re trying to do. It means you will put the effort to improve. It means you want to succeed.

It’s normal, yes. But don’t get too hung up on it.

Focus on doing the following:

2. Don’t Look for Acceptance/Approval/Appreciation/Claps/Likes/etc.

We have gotten used to instant gratification — instant feedback on our work. This has great power over you. If you are simply working for other people’s approval, you will suffer.

Plus, not everyone’s opinion matters. Take Seth Godin as an example. Godin has never read Amazon reviews of his books and has disabled comments and likes on his blog. If someone hates his book, it just means that book wasn’t for that type of reader.

Move on.

Start with yourself. Focus on YOUR goals, then assess what’s working and isn’t. Check your stats once every two weeks or once a month even.