Are You a Saboteur
by Self-sabotage can be described as a deliberate or subconscious destruction or obstruction of desires, dreams and attempts to take action. And we commit this disparaging act against our own selves all the time.
When you know where the attacks originate, it is much easier to devise a plan to counteract the strikes. Take both offensive and defensive action. Learn the best ways to nip sabotage in the bud and devise strategies to ward off future onslaughts.
Attack at its most vulnerable point.
While self-sabotage is a common problem for many of us, we each have our unique areas where we are most vulnerable. That is the area we must target early on.
What is your favorite excuse for remaining stuck in the same old hole? What is people’s usual complaint about us? It just might be that it is a trait or mindset that we are holding on to for some reason. Find it, examine it and dismantle it. Destroy all that is harmful and negative. Manipulate the positives and draft them into your service. Use them to help you in the pursuit of your goals.
Set up new rules.
All the weapons we use to sabotage ourselves will not be utterly destroyed. Many of them can be permanently immobilized. Some will be seriously wounded but will regain strength to attack another day. We can minimize their effectiveness.
- Cultivate and don spiritual, mental and emotional armor that will render assistance and protection from future attacks.
- Replace ruinous attitudes and behaviours with a mindset of determination, persistence and driving passion for whatever you want to achieve.
- Monitor your progress either with a written record of your successes or with the help of a trusted ally.
This is not an easy fight. Make sure that you have clear insight about the outcome you want to create. Anticipate potential setbacks and devise strategies to deal with them. Ask yourself what fears are holding you back? What lingering insecurities plague every attempt you make to move forward to a particular goal? What is stymieing your efforts? Exploring these possibilities can dramatically help you to get out of the self-sabotage rut.
A healthy spiritual life provides the foundation for erecting the walls that will support your dreams, direct your plans, strengthen your efforts and deepen your resolve to go forth in pursuit of your goals. In time, you will look back and see that you left your sabotaging ways behind. You will be thrilled to realize that the saboteur within had conceded and a happy, confident person had emerged.
“You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?” – Robert Louis Stevenson
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