Hello and welcome back to Subh-Shivali's Days.
In this video I'm going to talk about the
four reasons why doing the right thing can
often feel so hard and the one reason why
you should do it anyway. Doing the right thing
can mean making a choice or decision looking
at the collective good. Such decisions are
often not based on personal interests, or
personal stakes. In fact doing the right thing
can even lead to personal loss of face or
personal popularity at least in the short
term if not the long It's no wonder then that
doing the right thing feels so hard to so
many people the world over. So without any
further ado, let's look at the four reasons
why doing the right thing can feel so very
hard
Let's admit it. There's a considerable risk
of looking like a fool, of making a mistake,
of being taken advantage of. And, all of us
want to avoid potential embarrassment like
the flu. There's this overpowering fear that
you will end up sticking out like the odd
one out, by doing what is the right thing.
Now reason #1 is big enough to prevent a
lot of people from going out into the world
and doing the right thing
Self-doubt is one of the worst forms of doubt
that there is. While the right amount of self-doubt
could indeed be healthy at times an over-whelming
amount of it could either mean that you are
stuck at the same place or that there is no
forward movement. Self-doubt is one of the
biggest enemies of doing the right thing.
And to beat self doubt, all you need is an
undying belief in your self and a strong resolve
that you will able to deal with the consequences
that come from doing the right thing, whatever
they may be.
Along with the fear of looking like a fool,
and self-doubt, the third reason is the fear
of regret. Now regret can be a very powerful
emotion that often prevents us from doing
the right thing. And sometimes regret or the
fear of regret can even make you question
if the thing that you're going to to do is
even the right thing.
At times so powerful is the fear of later
pain, that it can even dilute long-held convictions
about the greater good and confuse the mind
with narrow, selfish, personal gains in times
that are not always appropriate.
FOMO or Fear of Missing Out is yet another
big reason that holds people back from doing
the right thing. Conventional wisdom suggests
that by not doing what everyone else is doing
and that by taking a stand that is different,
you could be at the risk of missing out on
a lot of things, including approval from others.
One of the proven ways to get rid of FOMO
is to slow down. It is to practise to experience
the feeling of not having it all. It is realising
the difference between what you really want
and what you seem to want because of pressures
that are generated from a place that does
not come from within your heart.
And despite all the four reasons that make
doing the right thing so very hard, there
is only one reason why you should do it anyway.
It is simply because it is the right thing
to do. Because you, in all your inner belief,
wisdom, and knowledge have decided that it
is the right thing to do. Because you know
that it is not guided by selfish personal
interests, but by the interests of the greater
good.
That's all for today's video. And, much love
and peace to all of you. I really hope you
enjoyed watching it. And, if you did please
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