The Self-Doubter constantly doubts their own ability and shrinks back, and the Visionary clearly plans a large future that has not yet come. The Self-Doubter is the one who sees themselves as small, and the Visionary is the one who sees things large.
When the Visionary, who expects much, meets the Self-Doubter, who deeply doubts themselves, the more the Visionary expects, the more easily the Self-Doubter shrinks back. What follows is an honest account of where the two do not fit, and how, even so, they can help each other grow.
The Self-Doubter is captivated by the confidence of the Visionary, who plans a large future. The Visionary has plenty of the boldness the Self-Doubter lacks.
The Visionary, in turn, feels at ease seeing the Self-Doubter's modest and diligent devotion. They see the Self-Doubter as someone who will quietly help them realize their vision.
The deepest conflict between them is over expectations. The more the Visionary encourages the Self-Doubter by saying "You can do more," the more the Self-Doubter shrinks back, afraid of falling short of that expectation. The Self-Doubter takes the support as pressure.
They also approach challenges differently. The Visionary takes on big things without hesitation, and the Self-Doubter avoids big things, afraid that their shortcomings will be exposed. The Visionary sometimes sees the Self-Doubter's avoidance as a lack of will.
The more the Visionary expects, the more deeply the Self-Doubter doubts themselves, and the more they doubt, the less they live up to those expectations and the more they shrink back. The two keep repeating a pattern in which the Visionary's wish to help the Self-Doubter grow ends up putting pressure on the Self-Doubter.
As this repeats, the Self-Doubter gives up on their own possibilities, and the Visionary grows frustrated, not understanding why the person beside them cannot take on a challenge. Both mean well, yet both wear out together.
Paradoxically, the Self-Doubter, who deeply doubts themselves, has a caution the Visionary misses. The careful Self-Doubter fills the gaps in big plans, and the confident Visionary gives that Self-Doubter courage.
When the Visionary conveys expectations as support rather than pressure, the two become a pair who help each other grow. They grow together as the Self-Doubter learns to trust themselves and the Visionary learns to wait for people.
When the one leading expects a lot, the learner easily shrinks back. The learner grows when small growth is acknowledged before results.
Reports tend to feel high targets only as a burden. They can take on a challenge when their manager gives them a hard assignment together with the assurance that failing is safe.
One is full of confidence and the other doubts themselves, so they do not fit. The two are at ease when they first tell each other that they are enough as they are.
When a parent does not pressure the child with great expectations and first acknowledges the child unconditionally, the child comes to believe in their own possibilities.
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