We all experience doubt. Doubt in ourselves. Doubt in a plan. Doubt in other people. Doubt in what’s possible. Doubt in a change. Doubt in anything or anyone.
Applying one simple standard will save you weeks of agony and years of regret:
“When I feel doubt, I go find out.”
(I made it rhyme so it’s easy to remember)
You can’t think your way past doubt. You can’t solve it by sitting still and playing out every conceivable scenario in your head. All you’ll do is confuse and overwhelm yourself or reinforce the doubt, not with facts and reality, but with made-up stories and uneasy feelings.
You won’t know if your doubt is legitimate until you put your best effort into the thing you doubt or at least get direct personal experience with it. You need verifiable data beyond your emotionally tinted expectations because your feelings don’t tell you the fair truth.
Allow doubt to be the indicator that it’s time for action.
Make doubt a signal that it’s time to get to work to determine whether that doubt is accurate or inaccurate, not because you feel it but because you verify whether the doubt is or isn’t worthy of your trust.
Then you’re not wrestling with doubt. You’re establishing a better understanding and making disciplined decisions. Don’t let doubt, yours or anyone else’s, lock you in the solitary confinement of your imagination.
When you have doubt, go find out.
The time is now. Do the work.
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