Self-Doubt Pt. 2

Unlock the secret to breaking free from self-sabotage and finally stepping into the life you’re meant to live. In this compelling episode, host Jacques LaGrange exposes how your own mind may be holding you back—and shares powerful, easy-to-apply strategies to rewrite your story for good. Discover how subconscious doubts about worthiness and resources can quietly defeat your ambitions, and learn how you’ve been qualifying yourself out of success before even trying. Jacques shares raw, personal stories—from overcoming self-doubt as a new teacher to learning that God qualifies you, not your circumstances. His journey reveals a universal truth: your biggest obstacle is often only in your mind. We break down proven frameworks for shifting your thinking, including practical steps to reprogram limiting beliefs and embrace your potential. You’ll hear how to combat the mental blocks that take many of us out of the game—like believing you’re not good enough or that success is reserved for others—and turn those beliefs into your greatest fuel. If you’ve ever felt stuck, unworthy, or afraid to take a risk, this episode is your wake-up call. By the end, you'll understand why self-sabotage is a choice—and how to make the empowering choice to live on purpose, in purpose, with clarity and confidence. Whether you're chasing personal growth, a new career, or peace of mind, this episode will give you the mindset shift you need to move forward. Perfect for anyone ready to break free from mental barriers and step boldly into their destiny. Don’t let your mind be your biggest obstacle—learn how to take control today and start living the life you envision.

Transcript

Jacques LaGrange (00:00.802)
Have you ever just made things bad for yourself? Let's talk about it next on the Giving a Purpose podcast.

Jacques LaGrange (00:33.388)
Welcome.

to the giving a purpose podcast where we bridge the highs, the lows, lessons learned through life's journey and filling in the gap. You already know what it is. It's a new week, new fresh episode. Before we get into anything, make sure you hit that subscribe button, make sure you hit the like button, all that. Make sure you click the bell so you get the notifications when a new episode comes out every week. We appreciate all the love that we're getting and we're just gonna keep

on giving you the things that you need. And so today I want to talk about self-sabotage. Now y'all know when I talk about things and I have these topics, you know the first person I'm talking about, I'm talking about me. There's so many things in life when I think about how I self-sabotage and you know where most of it started? Started here.

started here in my mind with thinking that I wasn't good enough, thinking that I don't have enough money. I don't have the resources. I may not have the intelligence. I may not have the skills. I will disqualify myself before anybody else does.

And the crazy thing is, like I said, it all starts in the mind. And so I had to retrain and start new thinking because I will go into a situation and already tell myself that it's not for me because I don't fit all the criteria. Listen, if it's for me, God will qualify me. I know that for a fact.

Jacques LaGrange (02:32.206)
Let me tell you all a little something maybe that you may not know.

There was a time I never taught before and I would always think, well, who's gonna listen to me? Little do my students know when I first got into teaching, I had to go study. Study. I had to go refresh some stuff because I would have never really called myself an expert, but

I knew what I knew, but in here, I had to convince myself that I am the expert. All I had to do was go back and just do a refresher course on some things. You tell me what subject I'm teaching, you tell me who my audience is, then I am going to figure it out. But...

I was so used to self sabotaging because it was just like, you know what the crazy thing about it is what I wouldn't tell my students math wasn't even my best subject. It's just something that I could do in a lot of the things that I do in my day to day. A lot of the things that I had in my major and minor in college had a lot of math in it. So I could do it, but guess what?

because it was for me, God qualified me.

Jacques LaGrange (04:11.38)
He gave me what I needed. You put in the work, I'll qualify you. So there's a lot of things I know in life we go through where we're self sabotaging. We don't think we're good enough for a person. We think that person is better. We think that things will never come around. Things will never happen for me. They're just happening to me. We self sabotage ourselves and take ourselves out of the game.

I see it so many times with my students and players and things like that. They see another team I play. I coached in a very, very well high ranking conference. And depending on who we played sometimes, it's always in their mind because it's that team because they win championships or they may be a powerhouse in their mind.

they're already thinking we lost the game before we actually played it. And that's not true. You can't self-sabotage like that. You don't know. That's why we play the game. We don't go and just automatically forfeit. That's why you play the game. They put on their shorts or their pants, whatever the sport may be, just like you do. But we gotta play either seven innings or we gotta play four quarters.

It doesn't matter. We got to put that time in. Don't self-sabotage your destiny. Your destiny is waiting for you to take one step at a time. taking for it's taking it's waiting on you to believe it's waiting on you to be the person you're supposed to be. Align with what God is telling you and align with your purpose and what you're supposed to do. Let him

Guide you, let him be the lamp to your feet and guide your path. And you'll get this. Stop self-sabotaging yourself. Go for it, take that risk. You never know. Because at worst you can go back to doing zero and doing nothing. Take that chance, take that risk. Don't self-sabotage. But the two greatest things I need you to do, just like I tell you every week.

Jacques LaGrange (06:29.632)
Make sure you live on purpose and make sure you live in purpose. I'll see you guys next week. Peace.