'What If' to Overcome Doubt

6min

Every time I feel stuck or a little confused, overwhelmed, I turn to this tool: the "What if" game. What if money was no object? What if I had all the time in the world? Every time 😊, it works like magic for me. The power in these two little words is that they help you reimagine your life and get in touch with your true self again. They allow me to let go, even if temporarily, of all the outside noise and reconnect with my inner self. And that is who I should listen to, anyway.

Since I want to focus on imagining "what if" for the possibilities of my future, "what if" helps me let go of the past and open my creativity so I can come up with options that are out of the box, ones that I may not ordinarily see. What if I didn’t care what others think? What if I weren’t afraid?

For most of us, money is an object because most of us have bills to pay. And we all have just 24 hours in the day to fill how we choose to fill them. Many of us also care or have cared about external judgments and have felt fear or doubt. It’s pretty normal. That is why taking them out of the equation can help you expand your thinking and get much more creative.

For example, in the last six months, I have been working on my business plan and social media marketing for my new business. It is bigger, much more detailed, and has a different focus than anything I have done before. This means I am in new territory and I felt nervous. Yet, I still felt a yearning to start this new venture, so I did.

I started operating from a place of inspiration and creativity and went to a standstill pace because of the doubts creeping in. I felt overwhelmed and it froze me. Temporarily... Until I remembered Alan Watts' three-minute speech on "What if money was no object." Then it hit me like a ton of bricks and helped me realize what had been holding me back. I was nervous about stepping into new territory and didn’t know how it would come across. I was worried about if I could break through my own glass ceiling and do something bigger than I ever had. Would I run out of funds before I got it launched? All these doubts were holding me hostage.

So I started asking a few "What if" questions of my own to get my resilience and inspiration back. What if I moved forward without worrying about the outcome? What if I kept going without worrying if someone else had or was going to do it better? What if I did it just to see if I could? What if I could say whatever my heart was yearning to say? Like I was telling stories to a dear friend?

And that is what I did. I told my fears they were uncalled for and went back to enjoying the creativity and excitement of the project and the blessings of my life. As a result, I got my power back, and things started happening again with amazing synchronicity. Now let me ask you this... Is there something you need to ask the "What if" question for?