The Mountain Is You

THE WAY YOU ARE SELF-SABOTAGING: Having self-defeating
thoughts that hold you back from doing what you want.
WHAT YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND MIGHT WANT YOU TO
KNOW: Being mean to yourself first will not make it hurt less if other
people judge or reject you, though that is why you are using this defense
mechanism. Thinking the worst of yourself is a way of trying to numb
yourself to what you really fear, which is that someone else could say those

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things about you. What you don’t realize is that you’re acting as your own
bully and enemy by doing it to yourself.
What could someone else’s judgment realistically do to your life? Honestly,
it could stop you from pursuing your dreams, ambitions, and personal
happiness. And that’s exactly what you’re doing when you stay fixated on
those damaging ideas. It’s time to get out of your own way.
THE WAY YOU ARE SELF-SABOTAGING: Not promoting your work
in a way that would help move you forward.
WHAT YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND MIGHT WANT YOU TO
KNOW: You’re not creating the best possible work you can, and you sense
it. The reason why you’re holding back is a fear of judgment, but that
wouldn’t exist if you weren’t
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already judging yourself. You have to create things you are proud to share,
and when sharing them in a positive way that helps grow your business or
career feels natural and authentic, you will know that you are doing the
work that is at the best of your ability or potential.
THE WAY YOU ARE SELF-SABOTAGING: Ascribing intent or
worrying that things are about you when they aren’t.
WHAT YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND MIGHT WANT YOU TO
KNOW: You think about yourself too often. Other people’s lives do not
revolve around you, nor do their thoughts.

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They are busy thinking about themselves in the same way that you are
thinking about yourself. Remember that patterns in your life are indicative
of your own behaviors, but imagining that every time someone cuts you off
in traffic is a personal attack, you’re going to severely hold yourself back,
because you’ll always be the victim of something.