You can't, says who..?

People tell me I can't do things. "You can't do that", "you can't do this". Well, I know. Of course they are right. I've never taken the right courses or had the right training. What do I have the training to do, by the way..?

The trouble is that I believe I can do almost anything. At least until I've tried. And if I try, I usually think that if I just practiced a bit more, than I could do it better (please note, better might not even be good). The question is what to keep practicing on. What to focus on?

Then to the next trouble; I've always wanted to do things that I don't know how to do. Always. Unsolved problems. Impossible tasks. When the teacher at school told us that something was impossible, guess who went home and tried? Because I didn't believe it was impossible, of course. But that was long time ago. Now my kids tell me that I can't do things. My coach tells me I can't do things. I remember different people who have pointed at failures I've made.

It is not so strange to be scared every now and then, but it is definitely stupid to be scared of failing, since it prevents me from moving forward, getting anywhere and to do whatever "impossible" things that needs to be done.

Oh, a friend gave me a video with a great woman speaking, Kate Byron. You don't need to believe in your own thoughts, was the message. Question those stupid thoughts!