{"id":1527,"date":"2013-07-14T10:16:35","date_gmt":"2013-07-14T14:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/?p=1527"},"modified":"2013-07-14T10:16:35","modified_gmt":"2013-07-14T14:16:35","slug":"doubt-dont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/2013\/07\/14\/doubt-dont\/","title":{"rendered":"Doubt Don’t ???"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In our ever Orprah world the phrase \u201cdoubt means don\u2019t\u201d has become synonymous with her ubiquitous words to live by.\u00a0 Truth be told it was Benjamin Franklin who originally said, \u201cif in doubt, don\u2019t\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019ve been known to throw some version of that out myself but I notice it\u2019s almost always in hind sight.<\/p>\n

I once took a job that started on December 7th<\/sup> which, growing up, was always that \u201cday that will live in infamy\u201d.\u00a0 My parents were of that generation that took to heart the bold headlines and ominous going to war so there was a certain stigma to that date our whole lives.\u00a0 It\u2019s one of those things that lurk in the back of your mind so I thought hummmm.\u00a0 Turns out that job lasted three months and doubt might have been right but not for the superstition attached to the day.<\/p>\n

I took another job, a promotion actually, into a job that required relationship building, selling and major account responsibility.\u00a0 Doubt was screaming in my ear because I didn\u2019t believe my company could back up what I was telling the customers. \u00a0I took the job anyway and I was right, it couldn\u2019t back it up. It was the classic too big too fast, lack of resources and process blah blah blah and my integrity was compromised.\u00a0 \u00a0Note to self; doubt should have meant don\u2019t in this case.<\/p>\n

I once apologized for something I shouldn\u2019t have, an opinion.\u00a0 I had doubt about doing it and came close to walking away without making the gesture for the sake of whatever it was at the time.\u00a0 The consequences seemed insurmountable to me and I blinked.\u00a0 \u00a0It\u2019s one of my regrets and doubt definitely meant don\u2019t in that situation.<\/p>\n

But if I listened to doubt every time it raised its ugly head I\u2019d never get out of bed.\u00a0 Define doubt.\u00a0 From my beloved Wikipedia:<\/p>\n

Doubt<\/b>, a status between belief and disbelief, involves uncertainty or distrust or lack of sureness of an alleged fact, an action, a motive, or a decision. Doubt brings into question some notion of a perceived “reality”, and may involve delaying or rejecting relevant action out of concerns for mistakes or faults or appropriateness. Some definitions of doubt emphasize the state in which the mind remains suspended between two contradictory propositions and unable to assent to either of them.<\/p>\n

So what to do with doubt?\u00a0 For my bestie, Sandra, doubt doesn\u2019t mean don\u2019t it means check your gut.\u00a0 I agree it\u2019s that thing we\u2019re all born with.\u00a0 That thing that raises the hair on the back of your neck, that thing that stops you in your tracks and forces you to think.\u00a0 However, it also requires recognition.\u00a0 You must be aware of doubt and start weighing the options but not to the point of inertia.<\/p>\n

Doubt comes with a fine line.\u00a0 Too much overthinking, too much trust in the doubt\/don\u2019t belief and you\u2019re stuck.\u00a0 Too little and you\u2019re reckless and stuck with a possible predicament.\u00a0 It\u2019s a balancing act of letting go of everything that\u2019s affected you in the past and trusting that you can make an informed decision and garnering all of your experience toward deciding beyond the shadow of a doubt.\u00a0 Gotta love a good oxymoron, the epitome of \u201cI know like I know like and I don\u2019t know what I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

So, now what?\u00a0 In order to live your life out loud, to get out of bed each day doubt should be a whisper not a roar.\u00a0 My sister will tell you that I have a habit of going face first into most things, usually leading with my mouth, and I\u2019m working on that because it hasn\u2019t always been to my advantage.\u00a0 I\u2019m more about being to my own advantage lately and that\u2019s where doubt can assist, not hinder. \u00a0\u00a0I still doubt more than I trust but with each whisper I acknowledge trust will come.<\/p>\n

To use doubt to your advantage be willing to really look at the situation. Stay away from the what-ifs they tend to cross over into the unrealistic. Going there will only leave you in the world of coulda shoulda woulda. \u00a0Take a chance.\u00a0 Be clenched. Hone your intuition. Mostly, relinquish all doubt in yourself.\u00a0 You know like you know where you\u2019ve been, what you\u2019ve learned and who you are.\u00a0 William Shakespeare said, \u201cModest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Become wise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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