Do you feel insecure when making decisions in your Internet business? Did you know that the discouragement and anxiety you feel don't come from what you think? They are to blame for a small change in your thinking that is about to have devastating consequences. It's called doubt, and it's one of the main reasons people give up. Learn about the nature of doubt and discover 3 ways to protect yourself from its adverse effects.
It happens all the time. A person decides to take the step of setting up an Internet business. He educates himself, strives and works enthusiastically on his new project. She does everything she can do well and is determined to succeed.
Until, one day, the doubt appears and that little dilemma is born: "Is this going to work?"
Unknowingly, the fledgling entrepreneur has ventured into a highly dangerous area that is likely one of the primary reasons for failure of online businesses.
Before the exhaustion, discouragement and insecurity that will inevitably lead to the abandonment of a project, there is always a doubt. A small door that opens and allows you to consider the possibility of failure.
The dangerous nature of doubt
Doubt differs from unbelief. A person who does not believe in the feasibility of a business on the web will ask: "Is it possible?"
That question arises from ignorance, and ignorance has a remedy. It is only a matter of becoming informed and acquiring the necessary knowledge on a subject to realize that it is possible.
A doubting person, on the other hand, discards a truth that he had already accepted and questions its validity.
According to Wikipedia: « Doubt can be projected into the fields of decision and action, or affect only belief, faith or the validity of knowledge. If it is preceded by a conventionally accepted 'truth', doubt implies uncertainty as to its validity. "
That is precisely the great danger of doubt. It makes us question truths that we have accepted at some point. It leads us to hesitate and mistrust.
According to the Bible, a person who wavers in this way is fickle and will not obtain any fruit for his efforts:
«He who doubts is similar to the wave of the sea, which is moved by the wind, and thrown from one part to another. So do not think such a man that he will receive anything from the Lord. The double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. " (James 1: 6-8)
This person has his faith damaged. What was once safe and reliable is no longer. Which filled him with enthusiasm, because it promised to be the answer he was looking for, lost its appeal and became an overwhelming burden.
In this state of mind, anything can happen. Just a small inconvenience is enough, a small drop that makes the camel's back overflowing, and all the business, the past efforts and the achievements obtained will be discarded in a jiffy.
What to do to protect yourself from doubt?
1. Take the time to acquire a vision for your business
Most people have a vague vision of what they want to achieve when starting an Internet business. Full of enthusiasm, they launch into their project without knowing exactly where they want to go. They plan and advance according to their current circumstances. They think "front to back."
The vision for a business must be done "backwards". In other words, we must have a goal that is far beyond our current possibilities and then we must design a plan to achieve them.
Once you have a vision, you need to write it down, so you can read it in difficult moments.
2. Feed your faith
Many times people are negligent with the spiritual part of their life, because they cannot see it. They make decisions according to their natural senses and human reasoning, without considering that there is a much more important dimension without which their projects will never reach their full potential.
Although you are not aware of this, you are a spiritual being. You were not created to meet the challenges of your life without God. He is an inexhaustible source of wisdom, strength and peace and will turn your limited human plans into divine projects that will be part of His purpose for your life.
Get closer to your Creator and know what His plan is for you. You will conceive a dream in your heart that nothing and no one can take away from you.
3. Protect your mind
"What a man thinks, so is he." (Proverbs 23: 7)
Your mental patterns are going to rule your life. If you believe badly, you will think badly and make bad decisions.
Remember that doubt causes us to discard truths that we have already accepted. This is why it is so important to protect our minds once we have adopted positive thought patterns.
Daily we are bombarded with negative messages that make us doubt all the good things we are hoping to experience. In order not to succumb to these, you have to be vigilant in order to filter those harmful messages that will lead you to consider a possible bad outcome for your Internet business.
