Why Self-Doubt Holds You Back

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🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:26.6	Dr.ora.com.
0:28.2	Let me talk a minute about self-doubt.
0:31.5	It's normal.
0:34.6	It's normal.
0:36.8	Gee, I doubt if I get into that new sport, I don't know if I'll do a good job at it.
0:42.9	Gee, I think if I don't continue with this relationship, that's kind of crummy.
0:48.3	It upsets me more often than not, but I don't know what I'm going to be able to do past that.
0:54.2	That would be any better.
0:56.7	Gee, I really want to learn this new hobby,
1:00.4	but I don't know, maybe I'm not that good with my hands
1:03.3	or I'm not that smart.
1:05.7	I don't know.
1:06.7	Maybe I shouldn't do it.
1:08.6	Self-doubt.
1:17.5	The problem with self-doubt is that you're completely right.
1:23.5	No, you're right, just not completely right. You're right. We don't know if you're going to be able to do it. You don't know if you're going to be able to do it. No doubt about it.
1:28.7	There's no guarantee. You could mean well, but just not have the skill. I took piano lessons
1:37.4	for a long time, get one concert in junior high school and didn't have the talent. Didn't have the talent. So you move on to something
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