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Set Impossible Goals to Get Over Self-Doubt

269 views · Published 5 April 2015 · 1:44 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: The Fowler Show · 2015 · News & Politics

If you're feeling a little insecure at work, it's easier to set up obtainable goals so you're always achieving something. However, while it might sound counterintuitive, over at Fast Company, marketing strategist Ted Karczewski suggests that one way to counter self-doubt is to give yourself impossible goals.

When you're doing just well enough at work, you're getting things done but you're not really doing anything out of the ordinary to feel like you're really accomplishing something. This is good in the short term, but wears on you over time. Karczewski's suggestion is to get over that and push yourself:

I didn't set low benchmarks because I was afraid I wouldn't reach them; I set the bar low because I wanted to look good every time I surpassed expectations. I thrive on praise, and by default, I look for easy ways to get approval from my team members. Looking back on this, I realize the biggest mistake in setting low goals is not that I painted a different picture to those around me, but that I limited my success by not pushing myself to strive for what may seem impossible... Learn to set uncomfortable goals for yourself in spite of self-doubt.

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Set Impossible Goals to Get Over Self-Doubt

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