Keep Showing Up: Overcoming Moments of Self-Doubt
a Tuesday night looking out over the East River from NYC

Keep Showing Up: Overcoming Moments of Self-Doubt

I was really nervous about my Tuesday night speed work workout. It was a leapfrog tempo workout and in your group, you’d run single file and every 30 seconds the group leader at the back of the line would yell “go” and the person at the back would have to speed up and run by everyone in the group to take the lead.? And repeat. A 5 mile tempo run with mini bursts of speedwork. I was worried that I might not be able to run that fast (I still had the fatigue from my peak week milage which included a 20 mile run); I was nervous about how long the line would be (or would we break into smaller groups? Or would I have to run past 30 people to take the lead?) or I’d “burn out of gas” and have to slide in somewhere in the middle of the line vs going to the front.

On one hand, it’s just a workout. But my rational brain felt nervous and scared and debated not showing up and making up my own speed-work workout.

But, showing up is always half the battle. So with that I went to my marathon training group's meetup and prepared myself to try my best.

And then something magical happened. It was FUN. It was fun, and I didn’t feel like the paces we were running were out of my reach. In the moments that I had to run past my group, fellow runners said things like “great job” and “you’ve got this” cheering me on as I took the lead.



Post run glow

I’m always surprised by the moments that I find myself struggling with self doubt.? Which just goes to prove that imposter syndrome can strike at any time, and what matters is not letting it defeat you.

For example:

·?????? Saying yes to a job that I’m 100% qualified for and worrying that “it’s too big”

·?????? Submitting a proposal for a consulting project and worrying about all the things that weren't included

·?????? Reaching out to someone on LinkedIn requesting to chat

·?????? ?Attending a networking event and feeling like the most junior person in the room


If you never try, you'll never know. And if you never ask, the answer is always no.

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A friendly reminder - when that voice of self doubt shows up, listen to it but then remind yourself that you are 100% capable and qualified.

You are talented. You have skills. You deserve to be in the room.

Showing up is half the battle.

Also, find yourself a hype person.


What are your tactics for when self doubt creeps in?

Neil Thompson

Teacher of Geeks | Inc. Magazine contributor | Children's book author | Speaker | Podcaster | Engineer | Follow & Ring My ?? for Technical Presentation Insights

2 个月

To deal with self doubt, I think of all the people who don’t go for what they want because of self doubt. I then ask myself if I want to be added to the list.

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