We all have demons or dark thoughts, and while they may come in a few varieties, they all have one thing in common: they lie. The biggest lie dark thoughts tell us is that we can know other people’s internal lives. In reality, the only person’s internal life we can know is our own. This…

Self-doubt can be a paralytic. It is insidious and can be blindsiding. Self-doubt at its core is a lack of self-efficacy. Our self-efficacy is our core belief in whether or not we have the abilities and competencies to succeed. When our self-efficacy is high, our self-doubt is low. Self-efficacy is a high context belief system….

Fear is the greatest obstacle of success. Many people do not go for the things that will enrich their lives the most because of fear of failure and the belief that it is better not to have tried than it is to have tried and failed. This fear is robbing you of your joy. The…