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A little self-consciousness is good. “Am I fitting into the world?” “Am I treating people well?” “Am I making healthy choices?”
But too much self-consciousness destroys confidence and even the belief that you have worth. When you start second-guessing every decision you make, you become paralyzed. You even question your ability to make decisions you’ve made a hundred times. It would be like walking around carrying a mirror judging yourself constantly.
Why do we question ourselves so much? Maybe we feel we need to be perfect. That’s a terrible need; a far better goal would be to pursue excellence. If we strive to be perfect and make one little mistake—get one answer wrong on a test— we might as well give up, right? But what if you got 5 questions wrong? You still get a 95% and that’s excellent.
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