Mindset You Need to Start Something

According to my understanding, There are two aspects of it-

1- Why are you starting that thing?

2- What’s stopping you to start that thing?

The “Why” is a cause from which you get the inspiration to start.

To find out your “Why” is a different topic altogether.

Today, I’ll primarily focus on the second part of it that is, What’s stopping you to start that thing. You can also listen my podcast for this topic- Mindset of Starting Something | How to Start from Scratch.

Here are some common points that have the potential to stop you, but you've more potential from all the below points. You got to believe in me.

1- Self Awareness-

I think first and foremost is the Self-Awareness part of the human being. If you are not self-aware of yourself, if you don’t know what’s your goal, if you don’t know what’s your vision, if you don’t know your plans, then It may give you problems in long term.

You could be a guy with no plans, no visions, no heavy goals and it’s just fine. But you need to be self-aware in this scenario too. Otherwise bad things will happen to you. It’s the way of nature. It’s the way of the universe.

The very famous psychiatrist Carl Jung says that “The world will ask you who you are, and if you don’t know, the world will tell you".

I think it is way better that we know ourselves first than listening to somebody that doesn’t know what’s your nature or who you are.

When you start something, you can think of many reasons not to believe in yourself. You can think that your idea is bad, You can think you don’t have enough resources, You can think that your timing is too late, everybody is ahead of you. There could be many reasons not to start that thing. But when you know yourself, those things could help you to find some creative ideas out of that. Your problems could be your potential power. You just need perspective.

(i) What to Start-

Many of us don’t know what to start. The very simple thing you can do is try lots of things and from which you get a sense of where you are good at or what works for you or what you are more passionate about.

The key is to try a lot of things and then choose what suits you according to your understanding.

You need to focus on where you are good at. Understand that you are good enough and Just Start.

 

2- Lack of Passion/Inspiration-

If you are not passionate enough about doing something then you are not going to love it. And if you are not loving it then it could be a problem. Maybe you need to balance it.

To know your passion is to unlock the self-awareness part. Try things, choose some, and work on that.

You could do many things, it’s just self-awareness. If you are happy, if you are good then keep going.

 

3- Negative Mindset-

When you start something, you need a different mindset. If you’ve defaulted in thinking in negative terms or your beliefs are negative about that thing then It’ll be hard for you to start something around that area.

Your beliefs, information, knowledge, and experiences give you some perspective in life though it’s not the full story of it because some other things are happening inside and outside our body that does have control in our decisions.

But Yes, what you think matters.

If you are this guy, that has this mindset then you need to change it if you wanna have something different from what you’ve got.

Your over-judgment about yourself is not going to help you to start something. That’s the obstacle, not your solution. You can listen to my podcast on Judgement that could be helpful for you.

You need to change your belief by listening or reading to positive belief. Listen to podcasts, listen to motivational speakers, read biographies, read books. There are many ways of doing it. It is just that you wanna do it or not.

You will find some excuses it’s simple. You will find some reasons It’s simple. But you’ve to change your mindset. Do take your support from your friends or family. Call somebody if you think he/she can help you. Message somebody. There are ways to do it. And most important – Share Love.

4- Lack of Knowledge-

Many people could say that they don’t have knowledge but they want to start it, they are passionate about it.

The good news is that you can gain knowledge. From knowledge comes confidence and conviction.

I think Lack of knowledge is not a problem, it’s just a way of thinking.

Don’t have the knowledge, Gain it.

There are books, courses, lectures, videos out there that may help you.

You can ask for someone to give you some knowledge if you think he/she is good at that thing. Call or message them and ask for support. One can say yes and your life could be changed.

Don’t be afraid of rejection here, Rejections are nothing.

 

5- Fear of Failure-

If you fail, people will laugh at you and nobody likes it. It is fear of failure. People will look at you and convey the message that you are not good enough. And if we accept it negatively then it could be depressing for us.

I think this is the point that Carl Jung says about. You need to understand yourself and of course others as well. You need to know that Failure is a part of the process. Failure is part of learning. And when you deeply know it, People’s laugh won't matter to you.

I think there is a connection between everything we do. This connection is with people and with this amazing universe.

In “Connection of things” I’ve talked about connection in brief. And that connection is pure. That connection is what makes us alive.

If you want people to believe you, you need to believe in yourself first.

If you want people to support you, you need to support yourself first.

If you want people to appreciate you, you need to appreciate yourself first.

If you want people to love you, you need to love yourself first.

I keep life this simple.

 

6- Money-

The problem of money depends on what you are planning to do. Some work needs a lot of money but some don’t.

If you lack money, you could stuck and that part is a bit difficult to deal with.

But the answer is, What are your alternatives?, What’s your option?

You need to do something to earn money and stop spending money where it is not needed.

You could have two goals here: Primary and Secondary. And you balance those out.

Your primary goal needs money then work for a secondary goal, earn money, save money, and then focus on your primary goal.

You could start from scratch.

Things take time.

You can start blogging, vlogging, you can teach, you can do your job and side hustle.

 

So... Just Start.

 

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