The Fight Back
So is there anything we can do? Of course. We can fight back, although we must remember the battle is internal. We have already spent our lives externalising the battle with respect to dealing with people (even if just through withdrawal or submission). Now we must internalize it – turning the fire on the enemy within.
As I have stated before, there is no magic formula that can cure us, of either high fear of failure or low self-esteem. Our insecurities are not going to be wished (or self-hypnotized or acupunctured) away. Our default position is to undermine our self-belief and so encourage failure. Yet we can take small and progressive steps that help us develop better external responses, especially when it comes to dealing with ...
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