GoKawiilKey Takeaways In a new interview, Barbara Corcoran says it took her many years to learn to truly believe in herself.
For years, she replayed a mental tape telling her she didn’t belong in important meetings.
She ended up consciously changing the tape to “Barbara, you’re a genius… You’re great,” and says it took about 15 years for the message to stick.
Barbara Corcoran, 77, had to consciously train herself for years to quiet her inner critic.
On a recent episode of The Burnouts podcast, Corcoran told hosts Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni that it took decades before she believed in herself and her abilities. For years, Corcoran says she had to actively fight off a running loop of self-doubt in her head. She had an internal voice telling her she didn’t belong in meetings or group settings.
“My tape would say, ‘Hey, Barb, you should have never been here. You didn’t need to come to this meeting,'” Corcoran said of her negative self-talk.
When she was in her mid-30s, she realized that old tape was holding her back — so she replaced it. Her new self-talk was “Barbara, you’re a genius… You’re great,” she said.
Even though it felt untrue at first, repeating it over time helped the message sink in and stick. It took 15 years for the new mental tape to feel like the truth.
“By running it all the time, 35 to 40 to 45. By the time I got to be 50, I pretty much believed it,” Corcoran said. “But it’s hard to shake it.”
Barbara Corcoran. (Photo by Christopher Willard/Disney via Getty Images)
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