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OVERCOMING THE FEAR OF FAILURE: “TAKE THAT LEAP”

2 Comments / Self-esteem / By Inner Space Team / September 13, 2013 December 29, 2023 / achieve goals, fears and phobias, negative thoughts, self confidence, self esteem, self help, self improvement, setting goals

Take a moment. Think about something you really want to do, but haven’t yet because you are afraid it might not work out:

Taking up that new project at work. Starting your own homemade cupcakes business. Shifting to a new house. Starting a fitness regime. Investing in some property. Taking a break from work to travel. Telling that someone special you love them.

Your mind is probably telling you: What if it doesn’t work out? What if it is a big mistake? What if I fail? Sometimes, when you want to take up something new, your mind will tell you that you are not ready, even if you are. Yes, taking up something new does come with changes and some amount of risk but it also comes with a gamut of exciting possibilities.

When you are scared to fail, you take a step back. You colour inside the lines. This fear limits you from attempting certain activities, taking risks and you start to undermine your potential.

FINDING YOUR STRENGTHS – HOW TO START?

5 Comments / Self-esteem / By Inner Space Team / May 24, 2013 December 29, 2023 / achieve goals, gratitude, negative thoughts, self acceptance, self esteem, self help, self improvement

Everyone wants to know what their strengths are – what they are good at, what situations they can pull-off well and what about them helps them cope better with life.

‘Strengths’ of any person are unique. Even if two people have the same strength, for example, good communication skills, the way each person’s communication skills show up in life would be very very different.

Sometimes, it is this unique nature of strengths that makes it difficult for you to truly identify what your strengths are. You probably think – ‘God, he’s so effective with customers’, or, ‘She’s so good with conversation!’ when you notice others.

How can we be creative when we feel stuck in a situation

FEELING STUCK? WHAT CAN YOU DO AS A FIRST STEP?

4 Comments / Stress Management / By Sadia Saeed / November 23, 2012 January 6, 2024 / achieve goals, managing emotions, self confidence, self help, setting goals, stress management

Sometimes, we feel stuck in a situation. We feel like nothing seems to be working and that we can’t think of solutions for ourselves. Then we feel like any attempt to try and solve the problem is a useless exercise and give it all up, feeling frustrated and hopeless within. I came across an article ‘The Creative Power of Thinking Outside Yourself’. This article reminded me of something I often use with my clients in therapy. According to this article:

“New research suggests we generate more creative ideas for other people than for ourselves”

MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE – TIPS FOR GOAL SETTING

2 Comments / Self-esteem / By Inner Space Team / December 22, 2011 January 6, 2024 / achieve goals, self help, self improvement, setting goals

We all have dreams. We have a multitude of wishes. Most of us want a life that is at least a little if not very different from the one we’re living now. A better brighter reality. There’s a lot that we want, but unfortunately don’t always manage to achieve. Why so? Why don’t dreams turn into reality?

To create the reality that we want, we first need to dream it. You can’t consciously create what you can’t imagine.
The first and perhaps the most crucial step in achieving what you want is understanding what it is that you really want. Sounds simple to the extent of being silly does it?

TAKING ONE STEP AT A TIME TOWARDS OUR GOAL

3 Comments / Self-esteem / By Inner Space Team / December 8, 2011 January 6, 2024 / achieve goals, being in the present, self help, self improvement, setting goals

“To take the first step in faith, you don’t have to see the whole staircase: just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King

We all have goals – personal, professional, spiritual. I often help people define clear goals, which would help them get a clear picture of what it is that they really want and would in turn help fine-tune their efforts to achieve the same. Making goal lists or vision boards helps immensely in giving your pursuits and life some structure.

However, for some of us the goal list itself can be fear inducing. The goals may seem beyond reach and we may find ourselves in the tight grip of anxiety and distress because achievement of the goals doesn’t seem possible. This may be stemming out of low confidence, inadequate resources, lack of discipline or even just procrastination. The target may seem too high up on the peak and the path too treacherous to undertake.

WHY WINNING COULD BE A DISAPPOINTMENT

5 Comments / Stress Management / By Inner Space Team / August 28, 2011 January 6, 2024 / achieve goals, managing emotions, self help, stress management

The list is out! You’re in! After a million hours of preparation and a zillion prayers, you’ve got through to the IIM! You’re officially and rightfully part of the top niche. Your dream has come true. A flashback flashes through your mind:

Sitting in school – day dreaming of IIM,
giving board examinations – mugging for IIM,
extra-currics in college – building a CV for IIM,
slogging for CAT, GDs and PI – preparing for IIM,
staring at the list – already in IIM!

It’s been your goal for as long as you can remember and you have proved to be worthy of it.
But something doesn’t feel right.

THE BEGINNING…

1 Comment / Stress Management / By Sadia Saeed / March 13, 2011 January 6, 2024 / achieve goals, self help, setting goals, stress management

It’s always uneasily wonderful to start a new journey, a new practice, settle in a new place or start a new blog. ‘New’ is delicate, adventurous, beautiful, thrilling and uncertain. With me, as luck would have it, the uneasiness of starting to write the first post on this website was largely allayed and I could enjoy just the thrill of what was wonderful.

I owe this mainly to something I was reading a few months ago…

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OVERCOMING THE FEAR OF FAILURE: “TAKE THAT LEAP”

FINDING YOUR STRENGTHS – HOW TO START?

FEELING STUCK? WHAT CAN YOU DO AS A FIRST STEP?

MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE – TIPS FOR GOAL SETTING

TAKING ONE STEP AT A TIME TOWARDS OUR GOAL

WHY WINNING COULD BE A DISAPPOINTMENT

THE BEGINNING…

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