Tackling a new task can seem like an overwhelming adventure. It can leave you feeling alone, which brings about intimidation and uneasiness about whether you are up for the job, and if others will be happy with your work.
Once you are in such an insecure state of emotional upheaval, your mind starts playing tricks on you. You start thinking self defeating thoughts, and self consciously start sabotaging your success. Finishing the project is now further away than when you first took it on.
Your uneasiness can be turned into positive reinforcement through a series of self questions:
- What am I losing if I don't do this? You will have lost the opportunity to show what you can do when faced with a challenge, further diminishing your confidence factor for future undertakings.
- Who am I affecting by not finishing? Yourself first, by defeating the effort before you even start; then those that are depending on you to complete the task, by showing no dependability.
- How will I feel about not finishing? It depends on your internal motivational and responsibility structure, but I would venture to guess, you will feel frustrated, defeated and embarrassed to an extent.
Don't get caught up in the self depreciating cycle of being hesitant to undertake new adventures because you don't feel experienced enough, or that you posses the know how to finish; instead, view the challenge as an adventure into learning what drive and motivation you have when faced with new tasks.
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