by Michael Robinson
What's the worst thing that can happen if you continue to be insecure?
The consequences can be really high.
Being insecure for a long period of time will eat away at your self-confidence until there's none left.
And having little-to-no confidence wouldn't allow you to approach anything with an all-in attitude, but depending on what you're insecure about, you may be able to put an end to the damage that your insecurities are doing to your confidence, beliefs and self-image.
You may be insecure for many different reasons.
The unfair thing about insecurities and how they relate to what you want in life is that an insecurity that has nothing to do with success may still negatively affect your attempts to be successful.
And take away your attention from success.
Most of your attention can easily be consumed by an insecurity that was created during a past relationship.
For example: if you've felt unwanted in a past relationship, your attention can be so consumed by the fear of feeling neglect again that you wouldn't have the mental room to focus on things that are going to move you forward in life.
Mirrors, trust issues in relationships and how poorly you may have done in your attempt to get ahead in life are just a few things that can drastically drop your self-confidence, beliefs and self-image, and create dreadful insecurities.
Insecurities aren't always on our minds, though.
They pop up at weird times.
They'll consciously demand our attention depending on what we're doing at the moment, but new insecurities have a better chance of occupying our minds more often—regardless of what we're doing at the moment.
Is everyone insecure about the same thing?
There can be two people that are overweight, but only one of them may be insecure about their weight.
There can also be two people that lose at something all the time, but only one of them could become insecure about his current inability to succeed while others keep trying.
Insecurities are very real, but negatively affects those who give them power and feed them attention.
But where do they come from?
They are:
Unfortunately, how people actually see us doesn't matter much to us, because its overwritten by how we think they see us. So, how we see ourselves and how we think people see us are 2 beliefs that are constantly battling each other.
If you feel you're attractive, but also feel that someone doesn't think you're attractive, you will start to doubt your own attractiveness.
Our assumptions of how other people view us hold more weight than our own opinion of ourselves.
I repeat: Insecurities are very real, but negatively affects those who give them power and feed them attention.
Below are common challenges that get in the way. Although they're common, they're not friendly. These challenges can last a lifetime.
Overcoming these challenges can remove years of stress and worry from your life, and get you the results you want in life.
What's in your way?
Becoming the best version of yourself becomes much easier once you become clear on who you want to be, and have a better understanding of why you do the things you do and don't do.
And overcoming self-sabotage becomes easier once you recognize what's holding you back.
