Recently, a close friend’s niece was having trouble graduating from college. She needed to pass a math class to graduate, but she wouldn’t take it because she feared flunking it. A belief that she just wasn’t “good at math” was keeping her stuck in graduation limbo, unable to move on with her life.
I know my friend’s niece isn’t the first person to be cowed by a math course or some other seemingly insurmountable barrier to success. Maybe someone gave you the message that you weren’t talented enough to succeed in a particular field, or you just didn’t have the confidence to persevere when you struggled.