Post Written By Eugene Morgan
Do we know our defenses? Do we know what stops us from doing what we want to do? In psychoanalysis, a defense is a mechanism used to protect a bruised ego.
We don’t like to feel exposed because there is the possibility that when we succeed in something, we get noticed. When we get noticed there is potential for criticisms or attacks as well as praises.
This is one of many reasons why we fear success. But we don’t have to base our motivations on external things but we can base our motivations on what drives us inside that moves us into action.
What drives us from within and where we place our attention is more important than reacting to criticisms and attacks, because they can be detractors, if we’re not too careful.