mike smith

Just listened to 20 minutes of Leo's latest video (29/02/2016) about Fake vs Real Growth. It really struck a chord! I have achieved some measure of success in career and business over the past 3 years using a daily plan for self-development and postitive thinking.I now see that a large majority of my efforts have been geared towards attaining this success with alot less attention paid to deep seated emotional issues. I still face underlying insecurity in social situations often being on guard to ensure that I don't get visibly embarrassed,look awkward or uncomfortable with the assumption(mostly subconscious)that people will think less of me,make negative judgements. Although I have made definite progress in certain aspects of my life and am a positive,optimistic person, I still haven't faced up to this major issue. This has resulted in ongoing anxiety,avoidance of triggering situations and generally less happiness and peace of mind in my life. I am filled with dread at the prospect of meeting people socially,have people come to our house etc and it is clearly a nuerosis that I need to come to terms with in order to self actualize more effectively. I've tried the sedona method(i thought was too tedious) and use affirmations,exercise and meditiations daily. I think it's time to 1)seek counselling 2)hire a life coach 3)practice mindfulness to monitor the self-talk. I would love to hear some advice/receive some ideas to set me on the path of overcome this inner demon!! Thanks to Leo for this latest realization!!