WHEN CRIPPLING SELF-DOUBT IS ALL THAT YOU KNOW
𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭?
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦?
𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵?
𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞?
Questions that are born out of self-doubt
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦
𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟
I remember when I started coaching as a side hustle
I had this constant voice in the back of my mind saying
‘𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦?’
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲
My physique was nowhere near close to theirs
I don’t have a shredded 6-pack
I’d never been on stage competing,
I certainly wasn’t insta-famous,
And some of the highly technical lifting stuff they were talking about on socials
Made me feel dumb in comparison
𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞,
‘𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 – 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺”
So, I played it safe,
I stayed inside my shell
And I do what most guys do…
Keep working hard and hope that one day,
Things might be different
Things never became different because I did nothing different
But when I invested in a coach,
I started to understand something…
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝟔-𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤,
𝘏𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘵
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐬,
𝘏𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥,
𝘏𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺
𝘏𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘹 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘬𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥
𝘏𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘨 𝘦𝘮!
And when I understood that, I went deeply in to my power
And created our amazing Academy
𝗪𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐦 𝐈 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬?
Because perhaps you too may have a realisation that
You’re telling yourself a ‘𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩’ story
When in reality,
𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝
And perhaps what you need is just a little push
From someone who understands what you’re struggling with,
And knows the path out