Books to overcome constant fear and fear of failure
Hi, I'm 37M. I'm a legal translator, and my career is literally being destroyed by AI.
During the last 4 years, I tried to study new things, but every time I start something, my brain just tells me "this is useless, I'm not good enough, it's a waste of time".
The worst part is that during the first 3 or 4 days after choosing something, I feel extremely optimistic, and then I just fall into oblivion and go back to square one.
Some examples:
* I started learning programming: quit after 6 months because "I'm not good at problem solving. I'll never get a job in this job market. Why bother? You are not good enough with maths and logic. You'll never pass that technical interview."
* I wanted to pivot to technical writing: quit after 4 months because "no one will hire me. I don't have the technical knowledge to compete in this market. It's useless."
* I wanted to become a paralegal: "Are you serious? Working with lawyers? That's not gonna happen. It's useless. Do something else. What area of the law are you going to study anyway?"
You get the idea. It's my own brain sabotaging me.
Is there any book that you can recommend for this type of situation? Maybe if I read the correct material, something will click in my brain, and I'll be able to finally move on. I really need to move on and leave all this shi** behind.
Sorry for the long post. Thank you very much.