7 tricks we use to fool ourselves

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The reason for indecision and inaction lies only in the fact that you were not able to recognize and defeat in time the lie that our obliging consciousness slips.

Any person, even the most successful and energetic, sometimes experiences bouts of laziness, procrastination and unwillingness to do anything. However, some easily cope with these attacks and go for a run, go to institutes and fly to the stars, while others continue to quietly rot in their place, unable to overcome their inertia. And the reason lies only in the fact that they could not recognize and defeat in time the lie that the servile consciousness slips to us.

I am not him

Yes, we are all different. Everyone has different abilities and starting opportunities. However, this is not at all a reason to conclude that some are given some superpowers, while others are not. We love to compare ourselves to people at the zenith of our careers, but we completely lose sight of the fact that at the start they were not in a better position than we are. Therefore, it is more correct to think in a completely different way:

If he did, then I can.

I feel good here too

It's really great that you feel comfortable and happy in the present. However, what about the future? After all, no state lasts forever, and all the same, changes will come to you, whether you like it or not. And it's better to be ready for them. And for this you still need to develop and grow.

I can do it later

Procrastination kills all undertakings. And it does it quietly and soundlessly, like a boa constrictor strangles its prey. “Today” turns into “tomorrow”, then “from the new year”, and then into “never”. An inglorious doom, isn't it?

Remember this boa constrictor, which is waiting for your good intentions. Defeating him is very simple, and for this it is enough to firmly remember and repeat every time you see him, just one question:

Why don't I do it today?

I do not know how

Oh my goth, this is just incredible!

No, in the last century this phrase had the right to exist. Indeed, in order to succeed in the chosen business, sometimes you need long training, mentors, literature. But now, when on the Internet you can find information on any issue, courses from the best institutes, training videos, literature. No, this argument is definitely not working right now.

It is not very important

This is a big and very dangerous lie. Only your life and those events or actions that can change it really matter. No one else will do anything for you, teach or help you if you have given up on yourself. The wind blows only into the unfolded sails.

I'm afraid

Every success story has been preceded by a streak of failures, and we have done it many times. The most outstanding entrepreneurs, creators, scientists had so many mistakes, failures and ridiculous failures that others would have shot themselves several times in their place. However, this did not stop them from becoming who they are now. Therefore, it is better to replace these fears with another thought:

If I don't try, then everyone will really laugh at me and sympathize with me. And I can handle my self-contempt myself.

I don't like change

No, nothing. There are people who are open to everything new, and there are people who hate it. And this is their right.

But before you finally lock yourself in the castle of your conservatism, you should still remember that it was the changes that gave you everything that you are now using with such pleasure. And you were born only because your dad and mom decided at one moment to make very big changes in their lives. Isn't it great that they weren't conservatives?