Don't avoid the feelings. Embrace them. Denial is a lot more energy than reality.
I think in terms of shining a light on a shadow. The shadow is the reality that you aren't as great as your ego wants you to believe. It's not really a monster in the dark, it's just a stupid stuffed animal.
Great post as it reminded me of myself. I'm always trying to shift these gears quicker after failure. With approach, I went through a period of "thinking" I was the greatest...when in reality I sucked. As soon as I admitted to myself I sucked, my brain went, "well, if you really suck at it, you've gone nothing to lose...you're ego is gone anyway, so you might as well go talk to her."
I think in terms of shining a light on a shadow. The shadow is the reality that you aren't as great as your ego wants you to believe. It's not really a monster in the dark, it's just a stupid stuffed animal.
Great post as it reminded me of myself. I'm always trying to shift these gears quicker after failure. With approach, I went through a period of "thinking" I was the greatest...when in reality I sucked. As soon as I admitted to myself I sucked, my brain went, "well, if you really suck at it, you've gone nothing to lose...you're ego is gone anyway, so you might as well go talk to her."
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”