Doubt can be a tool, one that we use to crack open our own certainty: in this context, it can be powerful, and positive.
Doubt can also be imposed upon us, by others, even against our will: it can sap our strength and conviction, erode our community, and leave us seeking less. In this context it can be insidious and pervasive.
Doubt may be held within social narratives: for example, women who come back into the workplace after starting a family may run up against a social narrative of doubt about their capability, and hence doubt costs them opportunity.
Doubt can cause us to ‘lean back’ from opportunity too: opportunity that we are more than qualified to grasp.
Use your sixty seconds today to consider doubt: how do you carry doubt?
When do you share it, what does it cost you, and how can you use it?
