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Thinking you are less than average or not qualified to live your best life
Or thinking you are not worthy to getting that contract, job or freedom to enjoy whatever you do daily is not reasonable mostly as a hard worker.

When you roll out, big growth starts.
Three practical steps to follow

Expand ur network =follow and engage with professionals beyond ur circle

+keep learning on going mostly from people who has done what you are hoping to do

+allow feedback from unbiased minds that can give constructive feedback.

Don't tell ur self ur are not good
enough or worthy.
Professionals aren't made in a day
Growth starts by doing what u were never qualified to do

Already living a low self esteem can lead to break down of ones energy after a time having a goal to achieve then at some other point you begin to feel discourage that may scare you off chasing the dream because you think you can not do it as thought.
For one to be a conquerer then you must be positively minded and courageous that your best input at every contest will always be your ticket to obtain you that you have been working after of.
This is literally about putting realistic efforts and not living a dilution

In the bible it says that no one should despise the days of little beginnings, you need to start from somewhere. Most people take a lot of time to learn a skill and after going through that phase they look forward to earning from it but sometimes they may not get the turn ups they need to make progress at first. Some might feel like they don't have enough to start, feeling this way is already a disruption to your mental coordination, you are the creator of those ideas and the one who delivers the job, the skills are in you, all you have to do is wait patiently and enjoy the journey.

There are a lot of skilled workers that actually limit themselves simply because, they didn’t go through any formal education or school of learning and aren’t paid much for what they know. They forget to understand that the secret to getting more from your skill isn’t just about the quality work you do but, how you package or present it to the public. Even that in itself is a skill that should be learnt to get the most out of your craft.

One thing that happens to be the downfall of people is their tongue, when you say negative things to yourself, when you think negatively, just one word can alter or damage the whole work that is being done. This is a more reason you have to build your mind and thoughts and control them in such a way that you get results instead of regrets. Yes a house isn't built in a day so then you ought to know everything needs time and patience you'll definitely grow to that very point you have ever dream of.

Look look.

Professionals are someone who're ambitious to keep learn new thing about the skills they have, they also have full time jobs, which mean they're busy.

Now, you, someone who have no or less skill than the professionals, want to learn from them. Do you think they want to "wasting their time" to help someone and didn't get any return? alright let's say you willing to give them money for teach you, which mean you need to have money in the first place.

Most people who not have decent jobs don't have enough money to get course or training center, how do they get enough money? it's back to privilege.

So the key is, learn by yourself, reach online forum, never rely on someone else.

no level of growth was attained in a single day. it naturally takes series of consistent and deliberate effort that sees to it that every day you are a better version of yourself and that you are moving closer to what you hope to achieve. there is nothing like the top, you are just at the level you have built yourself to and can possibly grow pass that level by putting in additional effort.

once you have determined that you are never settling for less and that you are going the extra mile to ensure you get to your expected destination, it becomes easier to bring your thought to life because you already believe in the obvious possibility. even without getting too much skill, having high esteem and the kind of greatness mindset makes things that normally would have seems impossible to become really simple for you. think like a mediocre and you will likely get the mediocratic result while if you think like one that is made for the top, you certainly see yourself getting that kind of result that is meant for the big players.

You're right, just like as it is been Said that trial leads to success or failure but he who fails to try will fail automatically. And that's exactly how it is, most people always find it very difficult to make attempt just because they have no idea about how it works, sometimes they will be scared to give it a trial because they wouldn't want to get a negative result this is why most people always find it very difficult to improve from thier performance. because they allow the spirit of fear to deprive them in doing that which they are supposed to do, even when we are not professionals in that field but  I'm pretty sure that if we keep doing it constantly, definitely we will get used to it.

 However, we shouldn't allow the spirit of fear to deprive us in doing something which we are supposed to do, because is obvious that fear is the major reason why most people always find it very hard to Excel this  is why it needs to be tackled.

I think you're very much correct when you said that most people don't have enough money to acquire skills, but there are other ways in which they can be able to acquire one or two skills without payment. Of course online forums is also recommended, we can also acquire a skill through most of this youtube channels that allows people to learn for free without demanding for money, or better still we can pick any of this skills and start practicing it all by ourselves. if there's anything we don't understand we can make research, I believe with this one can be able to learn without seeking for help from professionals.

I like this... This is the matter of quick money finders. Those who are into get rich quick syndrome has to understand that most times you need to build up something for yourself before you start profiting from it and that is why there are different seasons, there are season of planting and that of harvesting. While you plant you learn how to be better next season from the failure you recorded and that is how you become profession and people come to seek for your knowledge which is then transformed into money because they will start paying for your knowledge.

To be a professional in a field is rewarding but there are people who can't stay to develop something out of what they know. For example, Mark Zuckerberg had to go through his starting stages to build Facebook and now Facebook is lart of the biggest social media platforms. If he didn't labour for it as planting stage, he won't be riping from it as harvesting stage. Therefore, taking short cut to get rich always don't work, you have to build yourself, learn the ropes and it doesn't just take a day's work.

Money comes as a result of hardworking, and not just hardworking but lucrative skills that can fetch one money.
Every good skills cost good money, you use money to make money. Every lucrative skills will cost you much and if you don't have money to learn it. Social media has made it easy for everyone to learn their choice skills online for free but it's will still cost you small money for data. In essence nothing is actually free the skill you think Is free online is actually not free, you have to use your data to access the class.
Regardless of your status seek for help from people to learn skill offline is possible online skills might end up finishing your money for data.

I have also lived a life where I keep putting things aside because I did not believe that I was good enough yet. But I realized that because of this, I was not able to do the things I wanted to do because I kept waiting for the perfect time instead of just doing things and learning and improving myself in the process.
Confidence is good but so is self awareness. Sometimes even when you know that you are not good enough, you can just try and do whatever you want to do and just try and improve yourself rather than completely disregarding what you should do because you think you are skilled enough.

In short, trying and showing up alone can make huge differences.

It's good that you package yourself to the world for them to know your value and pay for such value when you render services to them. People who have good skills in them but have inferiority complex, don't know who they are. They have limited themselves to so many opportunities of making it in life through the skills they learned. However, if you find yourself in this situation, you need someone to manage you.

I've been so negative for so many years that I had hard time in making my life better. To be honest, this is a real thing. When you're putting yourself down, you'll never make it because you have to be the first one to believe yourself and you need to say that you're good but you have to do your best too.

Getting out of our comfort zone as they say. But never afraid to do new things that you are not used to. Keep on finding the area of specialty where you might be good at and maybe you'll hit it and be good at that.

Even though not professional can also have a trait like that and it is much stronger in fact because they are not a professional yet and they wanted to become one. I think there are still professionals that are humble and kind. They are willing to help other people, especially those that are not yet professional to be like them. For them, this is not a waste of time but it is worth it, especially if they see that the person they are teaching are very eager to learn and as well as when they see that they are now successful. That is the only kind of payment that they want. There are paid classes but they can be worth it too for the buck and as they say, if there is a will, there is always a way.

Though inferiority complex doesn't affect someone with skills if they have it because they are not standing anywhere to speak to the public that would make them to be too nervous because in skill you should be very confident of yourself because you are not a learner, though low self-esteem is the one I no some people mostly have but there are things a skill worker shouldn't have which is all this things we are saying because let's say that the both of us has a skill to manufacture things but you have academic qualifications I did not, I cannot use because of that and start feeling less of myself when the two us are doing the same work. So actually anybody who claims to have a skill but has a low self-esteem and inferiority is not whom they claim and should be disregarded.

There're really people who're responsible for who they're, literally some are just comfortable with poverty and such people are ideally features the economy stagnation in their lives because earlier on, they refuses to acquire skills when they've the chances and there're also some of them who had acquired the skills but could not go into the field for jobs so they could utilize profitably with their what they've acquired.
Even when found a job, some will still find senseless reasons that will make them not doing jtheob anymore maybe cases of lower payment due for the service offers.
So they'd prefer staying idle at home and settles for less under poverty.
Anyone with the aim of going forward in finance will always seek to acquire skills, start up somewhere nomatter how little the earning (payment) maybe and then look forth to increase their portfolio either by diversifying or seek for bigger opportunities.
It's about building a self esteemed courage to face your fear, give your doubts some try because nothing good comes easy and getting rich has it due processes which isn't achieved just overnight unless you won a lottery.

Most of society is built to make you doubt yourself. Schools teach obedience; jobs reward compliance; and suddenly you find yourself caught waiting for someone to approve you before you act. It's a mistake. Thinking you need permission to level up

Economies are changing at a rapid pace. New jobs are popping up while old ones are dying; the only thing that counts is adaptability. Not talent. Not IQ. It's movement. Moving even if you lack "qualified". Since most top performers lacked complete qualifications when they first started. They figured it out mid-flight, faked confidence, and picked things up on the go

And stop overvaluing outside validation. Expand your network? True. Take lessons from experts? Of course. You will wait forever, though, if you are waiting for some great signal saying "Now you're good enough". Growth happens in real-time, not in theory. People start treating you like you do the minute you start acting as though you belong

Negativity begets negative outcomes. If what you have been saying and acting denotes negativity, then there’s no way to expect positivity in the long run. What you sow, you reap.

However, if you are an open-minded person and everything that comes to you, you embrace them and learned from them, and you learned from negative and positive feedbacks, then you are doing it the right way. Success is waiting in the end, patience and resilience should be practiced as always.

There's a saying career wise "Fake it until you make it". In my country most especially, this is very evident. The rejection status experience is enough to give them a sense of not being enough, people with less experience literally have little or no chance to excel.

So here's the deal, while you are actively developing yourself, position yourself as though you're a pro and made, present yourself with high esteem and confidence, step by step, you'll reach your already projected height.

For example: I was seeking a contract with an agency and an inside man tipped me that they prioritize companies located at particular places in the country than intrastate companies and I immediately positioned myself as though I'm visiting from the capital, and projected my company office in the state as just a small branch. I got the contract and I'm being given the honour as a well established company, and a representative who fly into the state for contract meetings, little did they know I'm just at their backyard and takes me almost nothing to surface for the meeting while claiming to be coming from a long and reputable distance.

Most employers don't want to give chance to a new person because they believe that experience counts but the question is where will a new person or company get such experience if they are not given a chance. So it is always like that as job seekers and contract chasers strategize means to beat such skill barrier.

For job seekers, they falsify their CV (Curriculum vitae) to include what their intending employer requires. In certain countries like in Nigeria, they require a graduate with skill below 25 years in some cases while most of that age category are still in school or still seeking for admission into tertiary institution. So as always, one has to look for ways to beat those barriers on skills to be able to survive.

That's true, job speakers always try to meet the demand of this employers to be able to fit into this employment opportunity. Sometimes being truthful in an interview may end up not getting the job. Sometimes employers thinks that duration of job or how long a person has been in a field of study matters in the field forgetting that grace differs because what took Mr A 5 years to learn may just take Mr B 6 months to one Year. So sometimes guys who are smart to have learn a skill too quickly within some few months may decide to add up their  age or their level of experience to meet up the company standard, and when a test or interview is conducted, then such person may pass and be seen as an expirenced person.


I have done that before by learning a skill for some months and putting my very best interest and seek for employment an I was employed as a long term experience person. until I left that company they never knew I had a few years experience compared to what I wrote in my cv ;D

I have also been a victim of inferiority complex. I usually have this mentality that I am not good enough. I guess this has deprived me of many opportunities to better my life. But it got to a point when I decided to come out of my shell and show the world that there could never be another me. I am no longer scared of criticism because it helps me identify my mistakes and correct them.

We need to upgrade our skills because new ways of doing things are coming up every day. We have to be creative and innovative so that our skills will be relevant to the society. Artificial intelligence has become popular in many professions. Let us embrace new technology to avoid becoming obsolete.

Exactly, and over time you begin to grow into what you dream of becoming. You have a successful career path that others begin to look up to, seek advice, and learn from.

That thought alone will make you begin to thank God for how far you have gone, that you didn't give up in your early beginnings when you had the opportunity to, and you hadn't mastered what you were into

I remember a good sentence from a great entrepreneur, if you don't want to work for 5 years on the dream you want to build, then you will spend your whole life working on someone else's dream. Indeed, being an employee makes us comfortable getting a definite salary every month, but that won't last long when the employee is no longer productive.

God will definitely help people who are willing to pour their hearts, minds and time into the business they are building. God does not sleep, as long as you work hard and smart for it.

Know your own worth and boost your own confidence in all aspects. If you can’t do that, then no one will. Don’t focus on negativity because it won’t be helpful at all, instead stay having positive mindset because that is the key for you to  hit your goal and be successful.

Whether you’re rich or poor, educated or not, professional or not, there is no limit to being successful in life. Because whatever your mind can conceive and believe, you will achieve. Just trust yourself and trust the process.

Also, don't become an envious individual who blames everyone else for your own personal failures. It's pretty common to see nowadays a lot of negativity being said on videos about jobs' market, as if to work was a waste of time or slavery. That is what the young generation is being taught and encouraged to believe.

As consequence, they don't develop themselves as professionals, because they despise hierarchy and want to do things their own way. They lack discipline and get angry when responsability is demanded from them. They claim to be slavery to work for a minimum wage, without taking into consideration it's part of the professional's journey to start from the bottom.

Besides having a good perception of yourself, skills, capacities and long term goals, it's also necessary to be a disciplined individual, ready to accept demands and requirements from the company where you are allocated and from the market in general.

In my opinion there are three major things that people with skill don't really focus on. Which are maintaining  quality, upgrading skills and and networking.
Having a skill is not enough, showing up to networking events isn't even enough if you don't have the right skillset to maintain such connections. Knowledge is the key to opening many doors especially doors beyond your reach. Some persons have good skills but don't maintain quality either in the service they render or in their costumer service. Many business that were built from scratch after attaining a certain level start slacking in rendering good service or start treating customers like trash and before you know it the business is almost extinct. Other times a person will good skillset won't even bother to improve their knowledge, still using the knowledge they acquired from the 80s, not following trends and looking out for better ways to render services as someone with skill will cost you not just your customers but will shut the doors of properity to you.

You have said it all but there is a place of limit where everyone can become an entrepreneur. In a year, whenever new entrepreneurs plan to do something and get started, almost all do fail and you know why? Business is one of the hardest job to ever bring to success, most people that do start business don't go far on their first trial and this discourage alot of people, they don't want to continue again and that is why not everyone can be an entrepreneur.

Government also play a huge role in the ways of entrepreneurs, if there is no government support for entrepreneurs, the probability of been successful is 1 in a 100. There are more factors and these factors are the contribute to the success of every entrepreneur. If they are not carefully look into before venturing into been an entrepreneur, you will regret starting because it is going to be a waste of investment.

You're right, sometimes the biggest thing holding someone back is a lack of confidence. It's only after you have gained a few years of experience in your career that you realize that you can do it competently and it's often not as difficult as you thought. Sometimes just a bit of charm, wit or determination at the interview stage can give you that initial chance - everyone had to overcome that starting step at one time in their lives. The job market is a bit tighter than usual at the moment because of economic uncertainty, but perseverance is often needed and sometimes you get "lucky" after many attempts.

If you have no sufficient knowledge of what you are doing, you will surely fail. Being an entrepreneur would take time as you need to acquire skills and resources that you can use in your business. If you will rely the operations to other people, you can easily fail or you will easily go bankrupt. This is why, having a business is not for all as someone needs passion, skills and resources for the continuity of his business. Setting-up may be easy, but the continuity of operations would be hard to sustain.
So if you are not ready to face the challenges of having your own business, then, it means, you will work for someone. However, you can also increase your net worth by promotion within the company or by finding better jobs with better pay.

can see such thing happen to some people who got impostor syndrome thing going in their inner thoughts.

lack confidence will hold you back from getting an opportunity, and underestimating yourself will prevent you from solving big thing and achieving big things.
like shia labeouf said, just do it, we'll find out whether we can do it or not later, at the very least nothing to lose here.

I think more and more people need to have the mindset to be confident about their ability, we're good enough.

of course self-confidence is very much needed in achieving the planned life goals, it all depends on how much self-confidence is applied, it will affect the future, of course the mindset is always positive in doing anything with confidence at the beginning, by continuing to try it is a step that must be applied and with some failures it can certainly be used as a life lesson to keep moving forward.

Most times when i Do a whole check on some things it baffles me that alot of individuals today are what they are because they see less of themselves which is having low self esteem and thus it has generally affected their growth and well being. One thing necessary in life is seeing yourself that you can do it and surely that confidence in you will let out big things and achievement if you can't believe in yourself who else will. So this is most common and biggest mistakes people make in life which has always kept them at a certain level like they are undergoing stunted growth.

Yes, this is a real thing.

Another term for it is

Imposter Syndrome:

Impostor syndrome, also known as impostor phenomenon or impostorism, is a psychological experience in which a person suffers from feelings of intellectual and/or professional fraudulence.[1] One source defines it as "the subjective experience of perceived self-doubt in one's abilities and accomplishments compared with others, despite evidence to suggest the contrary".[2]

Those who suffer from impostor syndrome often doubt their skills, talents, or accomplishments. They may have a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as frauds.[3] Despite external evidence of their competence, those experiencing this phenomenon do not believe they deserve their success or luck. They may think that they are deceiving others because they feel as if they are not as intelligent as they outwardly portray themselves to be.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome

Definitely something many of us struggle with.

One thing about life is that people would always rate you how you present things to the public but not everyone knows about it that is why some people struggles with their business. When it comes to skills, businesses packaging is the most important thing.

 It is just only feel person that are more interested of the quality of skill and not about packaging of what have been showcased to them. Getting the kind of good credit you deserve from you skill,  it isn't about the degree you have been able to attain but how much you have been able to improve yourself, improvement by gaining self education will reflect on your skill but when people fails to get self education and also to improve it normally affects the business.

I believe that in business, the most crucial factor isn’t the "packaging" or the external presentation, but rather the people behind the company—the team. A strong, motivated, and cohesive team can overcome challenges, adapt to changes, and drive innovation far more effectively than any flashy branding or marketing strategy alone.

A mindset of not being enough is a mindset that will be limited in thinking and creating images in their head of how far they want to go with the skill they have. If you think the skill, you have will not be enough to get you a comfortable life at least, then you have limited your thinking on ways to make more money with the skill you have. If you think big with your skills, there is no limit to what you can achieve. This is to say that mindset plays a huge role on the success of a skill.

The last line about growth is based on reality although every line is reality based but this one really hit my nerve hehe, as from a long ago I am into this circle and repeating myself over bad excuses, and not making the first step due to the fear of losing money (that I have to invest in my business) and to the fear that I might not make it unless I will learn this from an expert.

Which after talking, I mean until we don't speak about it openly, we don't realize how it will help us to get rid of this thought. We just to take the first step and then another and with time we will be there.

If a person sets limits on what they can achieve, it becomes difficult for them to progress. If a person believes they can achieve something, if they have the knowledge and research, they can achieve what they want. You should give yourself positive feedback because setting limits for yourself can sometimes be equivalent to setting barriers.

It is important to convince yourself that you can achieve something, but what you need to be careful about is moving forward in a planned manner. Doing enough research and developing yourself is an important factor in determining your limits and what you can or cannot achieve.

One thing about life is that people would always rate you how you present things to the public but not everyone knows about it that is why some people struggles with their business. When it comes to skills, businesses packaging is the most important thing....
I agree with you that packaging and making self available always when needed your service determines your quality in the society.
I remembered a furniture friend of mine who has multiple businesses that worths millions of naira being my local currency, this guy will always go to his work site dressed so good and presentable with his White clothes without undermining he is in the field where he might get dirty of himself while at work but he had always made it a hobby and whenever he is done with his work, he make sure he clean the area and keep every single materials orderly.
So he had been know to be cleanness workman who takes his skillful profession so serious and people had loved him for how he offers his services with how he presents himself.

Yes, with our mindset we can change the economy, but it must be remembered that without hard work it will not produce results. Indeed, a limited mindset can prevent someone from advancing or seeing the potential of their own abilities from the skills they have. With this we must continue to learn or hone our own abilities in facing the future that continues to develop. By having a strong mindset, it can encourage someone to take calculated risks, seek new opportunities, and not be afraid to fail. Every failure can be seen as a valuable lesson, not as the end of the journey. If we never learn from the mistakes we make, I think progress will never be achieved.

The outer packaging is a point that business owners should not forget after good cooperation within the team that has been able to present such a luxurious taste for each of its customers. Because when a luxurious product that has a delicious taste is wrapped in very bad packaging, I think the sales level itself will not increase much every year. So the outer packaging also needs to be considered by business people, although it is not the only main point that is very important in advancing a business, but it can certainly encourage a lot of buyers.

The packaging of a product is important, but I think the quality of the product is more important. If a firm gives a low quality product good packaging, it might not be successful in the long run. Good packaging might attract consumers, but they will not come back to buy it after using it and discovering that the product is low standard. A poorly packaged quality goods or service might not attract customers initially but customers might return to buy them if they use them and discover that it is of high quality. Generally, a well packaged quality product will do well in the market.

Failure kills people's mindset faster than anything else. It takes people backward or forward according to individual acceptance to shortcomings. At some point determination plays a strong role in overcoming the threats with losing in a project.

Well said OP. I have learnt from several lessons from what you said in your topic. And if you bring it down to our everyday lives i can relate that self doubt, low self esteem, and unbeliever as well as several attitude that make us feel we are not qualify for the job/role. While there are people who dont have the required level of skill we have but they are doing better in that field. Another thing is to self investment, no matter the skill we have if we do not invest in things that will make us be outstanding we may not get a good job.

That is true, in the long term basis, people will look for better quality as they want to pay on something worth their money. At the start, people may try the cheaper one but later on, they will realize that they will waste more money on the low quality product as compared to better quality product, which can last longer. It means, the business may not survive if you are always offering a low quality product or service. Try to improve what you are offering and they may stay.


The making of an entrepreneurial mindset would take years and years and usually it started during the early age of an individual. As it needs passion to venture into this kind of undertaking, the person should be willing to undergo such challenges in this route of his life. Definitely, those successful entrepreneurs didn't start successful right away. They have faced their own struggles and challenges as well but they have shown resilience to keep up with their goals and so they emerged as victorious from these challenges.

As someone who is doing freelance work, based on my skill and talents, I have to say it is not really confidence boosting at all times. There are always moments where you will doubt yourself, there will always be times when you think you do not deserve the job, and that is usually what kills your growth as well.

Could I have been making more money if life took another turn and I trusted myself and my talents more? Depends, if I am more talented than I assumed, then yeah I would have been richer, but what if I am not? What if I am talentless? What if I am beyond lucky to have the job I already have? Then I would have been much more poorer and working a very terrible job. That growth potential, requires you to be talented.

The first thing I have ever discovered with those into handwork business is that they lack the way of packaging themselves in a more professional manner and adopt the same conduct on their services, being skilled in a particular field does not call for being a mediocre in that aspect, things must work out perfectly as they were supposed to be, so that we can enjoy the elasticity of that same thing for the benefits of expansion and development for our sustainability.

If they could look more professional, like some multi-million company, they could make more money but they weren't raised that way. Lets take a mechanic for example, they didn't even go to high school, or dropped out, and started working at a very young age, now they are amazing at their work, they can fix any car, any problem, they are that good.

But, how are they going to present themselves? Nobody showed them to be more professional, nobody showed them how the business world works, they are not waiters that needs to please you to get a tip, they are just mechanics, so they just look rough and rugged, and do their business and charge you money and make you leave, that's all they care about. Every handyman needs to end up taking some classes eventually, to get to next stage.

That means you need to improve yourself better than before by learning more. Yes, professionals aren't made in a day and need time before you can have better thing that will help you to grow. If you are not desperate and really want to change yourself, you need to do without waiting too long.

You deserve to get better like other people so you must learn seriously to become someone that you want. Yes, it is not easy but you must trust yourself and say that you can do.

Maybe they can say that it was only a handwork business anyway, so there is no need for me to try hard but it is always better if we can improve more, right?

If it is only skilled, why not? But it is a different story anymore for well-skilled. They are not the same as being mediocre too, as the word mediocre only means moderate.

But what if we are only a starter? We are not yet very good at what we do, which is only fine I believe. And if ever we can't attain a perfection no matter how much we try, what can we do more about it? I guess there is nothing left and we can only tire our selves in the process. If we are doing great already, then that must be enough.

The thing is, you need to build confidence, whatever stage you're at in your profession, whether you're a newbie, intermediate, or expert. You need to build that confidence around the little you know, while you keep learning. Because people often lack confidence, even when opportunities come their way. You look at it and think, "I can't do this." You need to face every opportunity, or even learning, with confidence that you can do it.

Lacking confidence makes people underestimate themselves. Even when you know you can do something, you might get scared because you haven't done it big before. You underestimate yourself, and the moment you start charging, say, $10 for something others are charging $70 for, that's how $10 clients will keep coming your way. That will limit your growth.
So, while it can be difficult sometimes, you need to build confidence at whatever level you're at. Whatever you're doing, do it with confidence, and audacity.

Most artisans I have met aren't that local as people think and it's not entirely about how they were raised, but the funding available to them at they time. It takes lots of money to actualize these packaging and branding that positions businesses for heavy returns.

Another thing is your client base, if your client base are people that cannot afford the heavy bills that would come with such integration, you'd better maintained the standard there, then move to a new location to extend your branch with a more modern facility and transition your business gently into the new one,  else you might lose your clients base if you transition in a hurry and you go hungry.

If you aren't comfortable with where you are and you are putting in little to no effort to make a change then you'd be stuck for a long time. This is why it's very important for you to work on your mentality, eliminate self doubt because you can have a lot of potentials and you could be the one limiting your growth... The fastest way to grow in life is by building networking, the skills you have are probably not just needed by those around you... communicating with people around the world can facilitate your growth and success, we now live in a digital age where distance is no longer a barrier, technology has bridged the gap.

The first step is accepting you do not know and trying to know and regardless of what you’re doing, always trying to get more smarter ways to do it because at the end of the day, smart work pays more than hard work in this generation we find ourselves now.
You did write a good work and I agree with you on your writing and I think trying to mingle with people who are more learned in what you are trying to achieve will help go a very long way to achieving whatever goal as a person.
Accepting criticism and trying to learn to grow from honest feedback is key to strategic growth rather than getting offended when criticized genuinely.

Because the truth is, we still have a lot of things that we don't know. We can learn from other people as we navigate this life. Don't take it personally if someone suggests something. Be open as it may be a constructive criticism that will help you improve your situation. Anyway, it is up to you if you will implement it or not. On this note, it is on your hands to gauge if it will be beneficial to the improvement of your life or not. Some people are egoistic, hence, they feel offended if someone is giving their opinions. However, if you have no insecurities in life, you can actually learn from people around you one way or another. Just know what to accept or not, based on your own assessment.

That’s a more reason why formal education is also important. When the two come together, they become very strong and provide a lot of opportunities for the skilled man to sell his market more. If you never went to school and got a good skill, that doesn’t limit you not reach the highest height of your skilled job. Also, even when you have a formal education, that doesn’t limit you to not learn a skilled job and apply your expertise in school to garnish it more to the outside world for the progress of the business or work. Nothing is useless in this life and nothing is not worth trying as long as their is a goal you’re looking up to achieve. What seems the difficult to do might be the breakthrough to your boundless success. Never look down on yourself and never underestimate the power of which what you’ve learnt can help change in your life.

Just overworking and getting better isn't the issue. I can still see plenty of them not care about social media, and they have no reason why not. If you focus on social media and get a great following base, then you will end up with a great return, it should be something that could benefit you a ton, but that doesn't mean we are going to make a killing from sales overnight.

If you have some good social media presence then you would be able to get a great profit out of this. I can see how people could make a big return from just being average, or decent, and make a lot of money because they have a great social media follower base. If you are working, and mainly work with your own talents, always make sure you have a good social media account that is active.

Sometimes, what causes low self-esteem is being attached to the social media hype, forgetting that what people display on there is just a few seconds of their real life. You might actually be doing way better than them. Everything in life starts in the mind; it’s the most powerful place. As the saying goes, 'As a man thinketh in his heart, so he is.' I try to be careful about this in my day-to-day struggles while constantly reminding myself that Rome wasn’t built in a day.

Being low self steem is what makes us tell on how poor and low skilled we are. The negativity that comes out of our mind dictating us that we're one is a result of some past experirences.

And also, stop looking at others successes comparing what you're up to right now.

That's not going to work on how to become successful in today's life, don't get jailed to the thought that you're not successful in your means.

The need to think positively about yourself is the beginning to start your steps well, which of course by not comparing yourself and others will cause social jealousy that will happen, yes in essence you need to be grateful for what you have and that is the key to achieving success over time believing in your own personal ability to achieve success is much better.

It's always us that limit ourselves and not what others think or say about us. Despite how the world conditions us by not being fair to us, you can still make it out for the trenches that you were born in hence you don't have to give up on yourself before you try. The moment you begin to doubt your ability, it doesn't matter what happens you won't be victorious until you change your mindset and begin to think more optimistic about your dreams. One of the big mistakes that people make is to think that they're not good enough, when applying for a job or doing anything in life, they have already lost all confidence  and it makes them become inferior to the others applying for the same job, position or anything that they were going for. Self confidence is one of the most important thing to have to become successful.

There is a barrier for growth and when we allow that to sink in our heads, that's the start of how we're having hard time in believing in ourselves.

It's true that we need to be positive and thinking so that we can move step forward and we'll need to remove all of the jealousy in ourselves that we see to the others.

All we have to do is to be brave in believing ourselves that we can do it.

actually comparing yourself to others is very important and needed so that we do not get trapped in a monotonous and ungrowing life, you must have heard learn from other people's experiences! actually that's true because if you want to grow in your career - social - business then you have to make other people's experiences your reference, so that you do not get trapped in mistakes that you did not expect.

if you do not belittle yourself or mock yourself when comparing yourself to others then it is called motivation.

The mind is a powerful tool and if you tell yourself that you are not worthy enough to get something you probably never will. A negative mindset can't take you anywhere, as long as you constantly invest in yourself and become a professional in whatever field you find yourself you are going to succeed. Most people allow their environment limit them, if you were born into a certain environment that's not favourable to you that doesn't mean that it's your final destination, you have what it takes to be whatever you want to be, like you said professionals are not made in a day it takes consistent effort.

You're right, looking at other people's success is just the same as not being contented with what you have and anyone who is doing this will be tag as someone who is greedy Because you don't want the success of other people, sometimes this can even make one not to concentrate in pursuing that  goal which he desired to achieve in the future. Because he wouldn't want other people's success to be different from hes, and in the process of doing that maybe he can even end up achieving nothing. This is why excessive greed is not good.

Title says ' handwork ' but I think self-esteem comes from within. I'm sure all has a bad experience but we must also have a good experience. We also need to think of it if we are down. I like the like last thing that you said or ' in our own means ' . Indeed, this should be our very bench mark. I am sure that many of us have improved all throughout the years. There are times in our life that we are down or we lost some of our physical properties but there are things like knowledge that can't be.

If we do it the wrong way like downing our self, then yeah but maybe some use it in a right way, like they think they need to improve their self more because someone else is still better than them.

One thing yo acknowledge you lack knowledge and you need to learn is very important, mistakes some some people are always making they claim too much and feel all they know is enough.  People who understand that no one knows it all in life and are always ready to learn do go far in life. From the day you think you know it all that's the day learning ends the consequences of not learning is t make terrible mistakes. Wisdom is very profitable and every individual needs to apply wisdom and work smart.

Totally depends on someones mentality i should say on which not all people will really be that optimistic about reaching out something new or step up into their career but rather they are really just that contented on what they do have now and the bad thing is that they do work up most all of the years of their lifetime and waiting for that retirement. When it comes into enjoying your life then its really that having that absence but since we do have some responsibility on which we do need up to fulfill then as a parent or family guy then you would really be that sacrificing up those good stuffs over as long you do able to do your responsibility and this is what the reality that we do need to do and we dont have no choice. On the moment that you have that better situation in terms of finances then this will be an entire different story.

You know that nagging inner critic telling you that youre not good enough? Tell it to shut the hell up!  Seriously, its spouting nonsense.  If you truly want that big contract, kick-ass job, or freedom to live life on your own terms - then go after it.  No one is handing out worthy badges - you prove your merit through determined action. 

Also, you really should expand your worldview beyond the comfy bubble youve wrapped yourself in.  The narrow perspectives currently surrounding you are clearly feeding your self-doubts and  seek out some folks who are thriving in the realm you wanna play in and learn from how they think and operate.  Stop barricading yourself on your lonely island of insecurity.

Just like they say that practice makes perfect, if you really want something positive to come out of your life then you have to work towards it, you are right, professionals aren't Born overnight, without action there will be no growth. I am good enough to be anything I wish and everyone should have the same mindset if they really want to succeed in life, as no one achieves greatness by just waiting around for it to happen or itself. Self belief can move mountains.

This was like you were talking to me directly. I used to live a low self esteem of neglecting what I am capable of doing is worth admirable by others.
I just think whatever that has to do with technicalities or highily required knowledge that I do is not right because I was living a poverty which I had this mentality that if I was this brilliant to do the needful, I would had be rich like others.
Then I began to flop giving my best regards on the rich people around me believing they are ahead of me with the evidence of their successful ness. And at same time, those being classified above me has also got some level of respects for me because I could do what they can't do.
That recalling to me that not being financially successful does not warrant degrading of one potentials. We could be graceful in different ways which when you discovers that which you are perfected, embrace it and be cheerful because not everyone is up to your height. Not even those richer than you as money may not be a summary of high esteem.

We are all unique in different ways. So let’s stop the act of comparing, that may develop having low-esteem afterwards and lose your confidence. Instead, let the success of others becomes your motivation to grow and achieve your dreams and aspirations in life.

Develop a positive mindset, because for me staying positive at all times creates a big difference in your life. And if others can do it, then there’s no reason that we will be left behind because we think we aren’t good enough and capable.

One thing I understand in life and it's always my watchword is believing in oneself, countless times there might be things that must have made one looked down on themselves thinking they can rise above the stage they are in, but that's not the way out. When yu think positivity you become results oriented and definitely everything will fall in place. This is why it's advisable to start small from where you are and think big regardless. An individual growth starts from the decisions they make which is accompanied by a change and that change is as a result of the steps they have decided to take.

Poverty is a whole mechanism that runs on shame, self-doubt, and invisible comparisons. You were calculating your worth using external metrics while ignoring the local data: your rare skillset, your lived experience, your survival logic. That’s where the bug was

You noticed it, though. That’s huge. Because here’s the under-discussed part: the economy doesn’t reward skill equally. It rewards position. It rewards narrative. Most people don’t get rich because they’re the best but because they’re in the loop, socially, structurally, institutionally. You were measuring your brilliance against outcomes you had no access to, so naturally it felt rigged. Because it is

Those rich folks respected you because their system doesn’t teach what you’ve learned through friction. You’ve been operating in chaos mode, and they’re in sandbox mode. Different difficulty settings. Same planet. And the fact that you can now articulate your worth without needing their approval? That’s post-capitalist awareness. That’s identity without transaction

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Keep that. Expand that. The next version of wealth is competence + calm + not craving validation from anyone who’s just playing a louder game

I think in life many things are required to be successful in life because should learn how to deal with people because that is big strategy because when we are working for firm ,we have to deal with every kind of people. We have not to hesitate against that kind of people because we are going to be successful employee who have excellent communication skill. One should learn body language of person because it will speak the mindset of person. Time management is good skill which will be requirement of every time .Always learn from persons  who are senior and they will teach you and they will guide you how to be successful in the field. Everyone has different field but seniors will push you up because have firm contacts.

I'm not sure though if working in a company will make you rich. I mean you can probably save a lot of money specially high paying jobs. But still though, you are going to live paycheck by paycheck and it's better to really venture into business or become entrepreneur. And it might be good to have a job so that you can developed your skills so that when you go out, maybe you can used this skills. So for me, to really developed and become successful in life, we should break on that traditional approach of having a desk job. And perhaps even if we become businessman ourselves, we can continue to evolved and developed the skills needed by us to become wealthy in life. We can start small and aim bigger later.

Before you do go to think with high paying jobs specially if its a physical one then its better not to make yourself that rushing up into this aspect yet we do know that promotions or step up with your current position will never be that so easy and it do really takes time. If you are trying out to rush things accordingly then it might be that resulting into those unethical actions and even trying out to destroy your work mates for the sake of promotion or having those gossips or stealing of works or whatsoever. Just be consistent and be good into your work then this will be that best way for having that promotion but of course dont make yourself that expecting that much because not all that last long into companies will be granted up such promotion and thats why i considered it out on needing up to have some mix of luck on this case.Trying out to fasten up things will be basing up on how exceptional you are with your current work.

Just dont make yourself that being delusional then you are that too good or having that self entitlement that you do deserve a good position or high paying one. Just make yourself that being consistent then you wont be facing up any problems. On the moment that you do have some ideas in mind like creating a business or investment then its not bad to make yourself that deal up with some side hustles on which you can be able to deal up with but of course it will be needing up that kind of good time management since its never been that easy.

Being positive in life is very good, it gives one ability to know that nothing is difficult to do or get in life. The reason why some people strive  to do anything they want is because that positivity is not in them, which they feel so relaxed and seems not good enough to achieve things .once one is being positively in mindset their is nothing that will be so difficult for one to accomplish. And some people don't have this knowledge being positive and it advantage.

What i have noticed is that Positivity actually pushes you towards your very area of imagination. Suddenly its almost like the universe is aligning everything to suit you and your thoughts. This is one reason why some persons can answer you “na God” when you ask them how they came about some new because obviously there were some things that came into play that they cant even explain by themselves

As much as positivity should be encouraged, it also just means nothing if you don’t put in the work. Lots of people get motivated from being positive so it is possible that it’s just because of that.

Success doesn’t come as a miracle. You would need to put in some actual effort for you to reach this success you so crave for.

I think there are thousands of people who are not getting skills and they are getting so call knowledge which is called cramming but in my point of view, that is waste of time because no one will pay without having skills in life . There are thousands of people who are jobless because they trusted on the educational system and they invested all of the money on that . Always sorround people who are more educated and more skillful person than you and always learning is good habit which will make you most successful person in your town .Rich people mindset is important because rich people will remain if they follow the rules of rich people and didn't take fooly steps. Rich people son could be on road if they didn't follow the advice of their parents.

Limiting oneself has so much of a destructive force and everyone is privileged to alot of things in life but how we see things and take them is what differentiates every one. Meanwhile seeing yourself as Minor doesn't seem to help out with everything, and I use to tell people to be positive regardless even at your lowest, that thinking of inferiority should be out of ones mind to attain some certain goals and achievement.