The only person capable of holding you back is yourself.

You can blame everyone else. You can blame the market. You can blame your gender or your race.

No one’s stopping you from accomplishing your goals. You’re the only one.

It may be your mentality. It may be your skills. It may be your self doubt. It may be your lack of confidence.

Whatever it is, acknowledge it. Get over it. Move on from it. You’ll never improve if you don’t believe you’re good enough or smart enough or prepared to take on new challenges.

You are. You’re capable.

If only one person believes in your skills it has to be you.

If you don’t believe in yourself no one else will.

Stop blaming everyone and everything else. Take the credit for your wins and losses. Learn from the mistakes you’ve made. Apply the lessons you’ve learned.

Focus on how to get better. Don’t focus on your weaknesses.

We’re all weak in many areas. We’re also all strong in other areas.

Instead of worrying about the areas we lack think about the areas where we’re better than others. Leverage your strengths.

Take a minute to think about the areas you’re weak in and the areas you excel at. Ask your friends and colleagues for their honest opinions too. That’s how you get better.

Make a list the collective list of strengths and weaknesses. Go over it to figure out where you can get better.

Don’t sell yourself short. You can hang with the best of the best if you work hard and believe in yourself.

You control your outcomes.

“It doesn’t just come overnight, you’ve got to train for it and believe in yourself; that’s the most important thing.” -Mo Farah