Part 1 of a Series of Articles on the “I’m not good enough” Phenomenon

Do you know that sinking feeling in your stomach that happens when your inner critic says to you “You are not good enough, and you know it!…”? This Mindset sucks the life force and all motivation out of you!

This one statement, which really is a limiting belief, is probably the biggest dream killer on earth! And most of the time totally unnecessarily. Interestingly enough I have found that it’s mostly high achievers, ambitious and hard working people who have this negative self talk going on, which includes the majority of my clients. These tend to be the people who have high standards for themselves, are constantly driven to do better and are most disappointed when they don’t reach their own standards.

The feeling/thought of ‘I am not good enough’ appears whenever our reality doesn’t match our expectations. And most people set either completely unrealistic expectations for themselves or don’t even know what their standard for being ‘good enough’ is and therefore constantly feel the need to strive for more.

Let’s start with the latter.

Here is your Business Mindset Breakthroughs Assignment:

Think of an area in your life or your business where you feel you are ‘not good enough’.

Now, ask yourself, what specifically is ‘being good enough’? What does it look like, sound like, feel like when I am good enough? Make it measurable so you are really clear when you have reached the standard you set yourself.

Then set yourself a timeframe in which that standard is attainable and ask yourself, is this realistic?

What do I need to do to achieve this standard?

And am I prepared to put the necessary effort in to achieve it?

How did you go? Chances are that if you are used to beating yourself up about not being good enough, you haven’t stopped and thought about this before. Please do this exercise, it could change your life!

I will be posting more articles on a weekly basis on how to get out of the “I’m not good enough’