STREET DOGS: Self-doubt is consuming and cruel
Hours spent questioning, doubting, fearing, can be given over to working, exploring, living
I don’t believe anyone ever suspects how completely unsure I am of my work and myself and what tortures of self-doubting the doubt of others has always given me. — Tennessee Williams "People talk about the dangers of rose-coloured glasses, but let me tell you, the lenses of self-doubt are far worse. They are nasty. Thick and filthy … they’re covered in swamp scum and mould — there’s like a family of snails living on them. And they’re nearly impossible to see past…. " If I’ve learned one thing, it’s that self-doubt is one of the most destructive forces. It makes you defensive instead of open, reactive instead of active. Self-doubt is consuming and cruel…. "Think to the moments in your life when you forgot to doubt yourself. When you were so inspired that you were just living and creating, and working. "Pay attention to those moments, they’re trying to reach you through those lenses of doubt and trying to show you your potential. "When you are free from self-doubt, you fail better, be...
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