David sat in front of me at one of my five-day intensive workshops. A successful businessman with a wife and two grown children, David believed that he was not good enough.
?I?m insufficient,? he said. ?I?m inadequate.?
I looked at this kind man and felt deep sadness for him. He did not know who he was.
?Why do you believe that?? I asked.
?I didn?t do well in school, and I?ve made lots of mistakes in my life.?
?So you are basing your worth on your performance, right??
?Of course.?
David could not conceive of any other way of defining his worth other than through his performance ? which he never saw as good enough.
I asked David to look inside ? at the essence of himself - and tell me what he sees. All he saw was emptiness.
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