Each of us find ways to sabotage our own careers. The trick is to figure out what it you are doing to hurt your career and then work everyday to fight that.
Personally, I often question my abilities and especially my looks. I will say to myself I am not pretty enough for that part or I don't have enough credits so they will never call me in. This prevents me from going after roles I really want and then I will never be given a chance in the first place.
Have you ever been called in for something and then thought, this character doesn't look like me or I'm not the type of person they would cast in this role? What do you do then? Do you go to the audition and tell the casting director you aren't right for this or even worse do you not go to the audition at all?
Both of these are the absolutely wrong choice. Don't do the casting director's job for them. You can't know what they are looking for, so go in, don't make excuses, and do the best work you can do. Let them decide that your ears are too big, or your nose is crooked, or that your credits aren't enough.
Woody Allen famously said, "Eighty percent of success is just showing up." Talking yourself out of trying for things that may seem difficult or out of your reach can be a self-protecting device to prevent you from being rejected. But, I guarantee someone else will get 100% of the jobs you don't show up for.
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