Borrow their Belief!

Oh that pesky inner critic!! Mine is screaming at me today! So I am leaning into this #decisionumbrella card big time! Borrow their belief!

What does in mean to "Borrow their Belief"? When you are doubting your abilities could you practice stepping out of yourself and seeing yourself as a trusted friend sees you? Could you shift to looking at your life from their point of view? Would it be possible to Borrow their Belief in you?

Borrowing their belief works because it enables us to gain Psychological Distance from our selves and allows us to separate from our inner dialogue of self judgement.

Other people in our life can see how capable we are - they can point out past achievements and champion the talents that we have trouble seeing in ourselves. They can see our greatness because they can’t hear that doubting little voice in our head. (they have their own!)

So- the next time you find yourself listening to that mean little internal voice whispering that you are not enough, switch to thinking about what someone who believes in you would say. What talents, abilities and wonderful qualities do they see in you?

You have a choice. You can choose which voice to listen to- and today I am choosing to Borrow their Belief!  How about you?