How To Overcome An Inferiority Complex

Maxwell Maltz in Psycho Cybernetics said, "At least 90% of the people have their lives blighted by feelings of inferiority to some extent, and to millions this same feeling of inferiority is a serious handicap to success and happiness."

An interesting point Dr. Maltz says is every single person alive is inferior to another person in some way. Comparing yourself to someone else helps you in no way in becoming successful. You have gifts that nobody else has. Maybe you are not a doctor, but just because you can't perform a surgery doesn't diminish your worth. Most likely you can do something that a doctor can't do.

Every person you will ever meet will be superior to you in some manner. In like manner you will be superior to everyone else in some manner. Feelings of inferiority come from your conclusions regarding facts or your evaluation of experiences, and not from actual facts. You feel inferior because you distorted the facts.

Most likely you compare your weak trait to another person's strong point. It is not a fair battle when you do this. Get it out of your head that you need to be like someone else. What happens when you measure yourself up to someone else's strength because you believe and assume you need to be like them? If you don't measure up (and you probably won't) you will feel like a failure and it will keep you from succeeding.

Another danger if you feel inferior is to intentionally try to be superior or better than someone else. The more you try to be superior over someone else the more miserable you will become.

God did not make a standard person when he created us. Some are tall others short, some large, some skinny, some white, some black etc. If there was a standard for people, God would have made everyone to meet that standard. You are not like any other person and no other person is like you.

You are not supposed to be similar to another person. God intentionally made the earth to have variety and he made you in the same way. If you are short and think you need to be tall to be successful is a lie. Or, maybe you are a giant and think you need to be shorter or normal is a lie also. If you think you need to be something else other than what you are is a lie.

Your feelings of inferiority will vanish once you realize that you are unique and different from everyone else and it is supposed to be that way. When you finally stop trying to be like everyone else or whatever you think the norm is, that is when you will begin to see breakthroughs and live without limits.