Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you knew you had the ability to do something (be it the talent, skill, experience, etc.) but when it came time to step out and do it, you absolutely choked?

Analysis paralysis tends to be my Achilles Heel whenever I attempt to move into new, unfamiliar territory. I’d like to propose, however, that something deeper may lie at the root: an identity issue.

“What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.”

(Tony Robbins, Awaken the Giant Within, p. 413)

I watched the movie, Coyote Ugly, last weekend. This young woman, an aspiring songwriter, moves to the Big Apple from a small town in New Jersey to break into the music biz as a writer.

She’s got a problem though: she refuses to sing her own material.

She’s petrified as a matter of fact. And she’s manufactured all kinds of reasons to support her belief that she CANNOT sing her own stuff - to the point where she’d be willing to surrender any lucky breaks that came her way!

Now watch…

Sigh…do I ever know what that’s like!

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