Friday, January 25, 2008

What if ?

The said self-doubt question sounds very familiar right? This type of fear appears to our mind whenever we became very scared to start anything - assignment, business idea, exam, interview, project, new changes, task, test, work, and so forth.

We always in a situation of insecure and lack of confidence that what we want to do might ends up half-way. Such fear no doubt will slow down our momentum to complete tasks at hand successfully. We think the process might mess up in between. Thus, we tends to be very reluctant to do little mistakes along the way.

It takes bold commitment and focus to avoid this feeling. To make it easier, I suggest that we must not focus on the "what if..." too much. Instead, we must channel our energy into the process of doing them. Simply put, don't worry too much on whatever the outcomes maybe, but we must enjoy the process. End results could be varies - from good, satisfactory to worst. Why worry about something which we don't have 100% control?

Next time, when this kind of self-talk appears, the following steps will facilitate:

  1. The task may looks big on paper, but break it down into parts.
  2. Pool all instruments, materials, references, and inputs to make things easier.
  3. Ask for help should you stuck in between. That's doesn't means we are weak. It will make us more resourceful.
  4. Last but not least, start the task or anything you want to accomplish.

The greatest risk is risks nothing - not start anything at all.

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