How To Stop Self Doubt in Entrepreneurship

Life is too short to spend it as a high functioning adult who is STILL chronically suffering so learn how to stop self doubt.  Not reaching your full potential isn’t a result of outside circumstances or luck.  It’s a result of self doubt.  And self doubt is often what lies under the surface and stops you when you’re on track to achieve your next goal.  

If you are a highly capable, intelligent entrepreneur but still find yourself pumping the brakes on your big goals, self doubt might be to blame.

What is self doubt and how do you know when you’re experiencing it?

You are at the effect of how you feel that day.

Not feeling in charge of “how” you show up.  

Lack of control.

You aren’t sure you’ll follow through.

Unable to count on yourself to do what you say you’ll do when you commit.

Self doubt is a feeling you embody when you believe that you can’t fully trust yourself.  Maybe you show up for everyone else…but you don’t know for certain that a commitment to yourself will be something you honor?  If you don’t stop self doubt it will make your goals feel very out of reach.

You can stop suffering and start building integrity with yourself.  But it’s not done through hustle and muscle, checklists or someone else’s program.  This is the work you do to grow your own capacity to create results and it’s done with the formulaic approach I use with my clients for life coaching.

Product of Life Coaching

It really is possible to move past self doubt once you have the right tools in your hand.  How do I know?  I’m a product of Life Coaching too.

Self doubt is a normal feeling to experience when you look to the past for evidence that you can do something new.  It’s something we all have the ability to feel.  But you have a choice to notice it and continue to entertain it OR to build a business (or a life)  from a feeling that is more empowering like self trust or self confidence. 

You aren’t born with self trust.  You generate it.  Just like you weren’t born with self doubt…you collected evidence and proved it.  Imagine a muscle that gets flexed over and over and it grows as it’s used.  Which muscle do you want to flex?

Hustle and Muscle is not sustainable

When you follow through from fear, force or scarcity I like to call this “hustle and muscle” and it’s not sustainable for the long term.  Those are feelings that self doubt tends to sprout.  What happens when you generate self trust instead?  You sprout feelings of willingness, curiosity and acceptance. 

You are able to remove your tendency to judge and you make it safer to avoid shutting down.  Your ability to cultivate self trust comes from knowing you can have an experience without beating yourself up for imperfection.  This means you establish a strong relationship with yourself as a priority.  

The ability to trust yourself comes from consistent follow through on commitments you make to yourself–the goals you set, the intentions you want to live into and you do this with the safety of knowing you are open to discerning feedback.  This is so different from the harsh judgment that comes from doubt.

Life Coaching isn’t therapy.  Therapy has its place.  If you aren’t functional or you need medication to show up to your life, that comes first.  Life Coaching is all about your next level.  It’s for the people who want to do the work to create real results in their life. 

Clients who thrive with coaching are the ones who show up for the trainings and calls and commit to getting something out of our sessions together.  They are eager to learn how to get through the discomfort without quitting.  Those that commit to a plan and learn the techniques for seeing it through to the end will best learn how to stop self doubt.

The Next Wave of Investing in Yourself

Maybe you’ve tried other things before?  This is the next wave of investing in yourself.

What would change for you if that dull ache of disappointment went away?  How would your life be different if you believed you would do what you said you’d do?  What would you do differently if you weren’t so exhausted by frustration with your progress and business goals?

What if you had impeccable self trust? 

How would your business look different and your life?

That’s what I’m here for. As a certified life coach I help online entrepreneurs shatter self-imposed glass ceiling. Before you work with a life coach know what questions to ask.