Stop Killing Your Confidence
đ€ The problem with being authentic
Being your authentic self is a great way to kill your confidence. And hereâs whyâŠ.
Maybe your authentic self just doesnât feel like getting out of bed today, doesnât want to go beyond whatâs comfortable. And thatâs fine. We all live there some days.
But confidence is built by proving to yourself, time and time again, that you can do more than you feel like doing or currently believe youâre capable of. That youâre able to overcome hurdles and problems and discomfort.
In this way, living in authenticity robs you of genuine confidence. And if you donât have confidence, you wonât have the power to achieve what matters to you.
Thatâs just who I am, is a great place to hide. Itâs a comfortable lie we tell ourselves to remain safe. But that âsafeâ place is really just a shrinking box that keeps us trapped. Through the windows of this box, weâre forced to watch other people live our dreams, do things we âwishâ we could do, and continuously evolve.
The truth is, we are, at all times, who we decide we are, who we choose to be.
Thereâs power in being true to yourself. But if we limit ourselves to being who weâve always been, we block ourselves from who we could become.
You have too much potential to settle for being authentic.
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