Believe Yourself

Believe Yourself

I know you want to get to the next level 

you're tired of the way things are right now you know you should be in a better place you know this it's not where you deserve to be you want to climb that ladder it could be in your career in your business at school wherever you might have set your eyes on you just feel no this is not the place for me should be better but then you're filled with self-doubt you're also wondering do I really Deserve more than this 

do I have what it takes to get to the 

next level can I maintain the status quo if I get to that next level can I rub shoulders with the folks in that class if I get to that level and maybe you're just starting to think you know what I think I'll push for it later on when I feel better qualified now listen to me friend I need your ears right now listen to these two words I'm going to shout in your ears wake up a friend and believe in yourself.

Get rid of that poster syndrome friend 

you are right absolutely right to think 

that you deserve better because you do allow me to let you in on a secret you are not the only one who experiences self-doubt we all do have you ever seen sprinters on the tracks before they start 100 meter race have you imagined the anxiety they go through before they hear the sound of the gun oh yes you see them make funny faces hype up the crowd make gestures that make you think they've got it all together you see using bolt with this bow and arrow gesture and you think to yourself oh my this dude is so confident what you don't see are the racing heartbeats the shaky fingers and the twitching toes they are anxious because somewhere deep down in their minds they question if they can pull off a win yes even the using balls of this world the cristiano ronaldos the lionel messi's the lebron james the serena williamses they all have to deal with self-doubt but you know why they are massively successful regardless it is because they have learned to rise above that self-doubt they have learned to turn that doubt into a challenge that has to be overcome and there's only one way to do that to believe in yourself you've got to rise above self-doubt you've got to make it drive you to prove to yourself that you can actually do it turn that self down to your launch pad by doing that very thing your mind suggests you that you cannot do there's nothing stopping you but yourself if you can remove those limitations from your mind those strongholds that tell you it is impossible those ideas that tell you that you are not up to it if you can get rid of these thoughts nothing will stop you your mind can be your greatest greatest asset but it can also be your biggest enemy you cannot let self-doubt rule your mind no that's just too costly every time doubt comes up in your mind say this aloud to yourself i believe i can do it don't let doubt settle in not for a moment even if no one believes in you you have to believe in yourself when muhammad ali defeated george foreman to become the heavy weight champion of the world he announced to the world i must be the greatest some folks thought he was being cocky and disrespectful others thought it was just trash talking but ali believed it now guess who people call the greatest boxer boxer of all time that is right muhammad ali he told them who he believed he was and now the whole world believes it too look friend hardly will anyone believe in you if you don't believe in yourself first when you exclude confidence you tell the world what to think about you then the world will believe in you frankly the world owes you nothing think about it why should anyone believe in you if you don't believe in yourself why should i trust you to deliver if you don't trust yourself to do it when you believe in yourself then others will fall in line and this is why you cannot afford to wait for the approval of others to get you going it is great if commendations come but still it is great if they don't when rejections come stand on it build on it make it the foundation for your success let it be the fire in your belly that makes you want to succeed don't let it stop you don't let it make you stop think twice start to wonder if this is really for you if abraham lincoln thought thought like that he wouldn't be the greatest president the united states ever had thomas edison would not have invented the light bulb steve jobs would not have designed the iphone cristiano ronaldo will not be the player that he is today so rejections are no excuse friend let me tell you now there are people that will reject you there are people that will doubt you there are people that are going to mock you you are going to have a lot of naysayers you know this now so that when it happens you don't get surprised you should know this instead you'll be ready to ride against the tide you'll be ready to defend yourself against the thoughts and the poisonous words that are going to come your way you'll be ready to stand firm believing in who you are and what you can do now you may be thinking okay i get it i've got to believe in myself i've got to ignore the bad things the negative things people say to me and about me but how does that make me believe in 

myself 

you see here is the thing no one is born with self-confidence no one is born believing they are the best in the world or that they are the best at what they do believing in yourself is something you have to learn it is something you have to be conscious of doing it is something you have to grow over time a habit a force that resides within a mindset that never takes no for an answer a mindset that does not have the word impossible in its vocabulary this is something you are going to have to develop as a part of you it's not just going to come falling from the sky you have to make yourself believe in you and how do you do this just take a good look at your past look at where you were some five to ten years ago and look at where you are now think about all the great things you have been able to achieve within that span of time recall those little achievements as well cast your mind back to when you did something you thought you could never pull off it doesn't matter where you are right now whether you are where you thought you would be some five to ten years ago or you simply have made no substantial progress in that period of time it really doesn't matter what matters right now is within this 10-year period you have proven to yourself that you have reasons to believe in you you have seen that you are an achiever you have seen you can set your mind to do something and get it done you have seen that when you put your head down get your hands dirty and put it into work you get things done that my friend is competence this is your key to building confidence you've been there before you know how to get work done and that is why you should believe in yourself the more you build competence the more confidence you are in yourself as you build competence you know that you can get things done even when people around you don't believe in your ability to you it won't matter that they don't believe in you you know what you can do you know that you can do it and that is why you should push yourself to take on more challenges those things that get you scared those things that can't imagine yourself doing try them out it doesn't matter if you fail at them initially that's normal you've got to understand that failing is a part of the process if you don't fail at some things you'll never master them so don't be afraid of failure embrace it when it happens and use it to challenge yourself to improve what you really want to build when you try out these things that you are normally scared of is competence so you can fail at a task 10 times over it's all good what really matters is that one time when you get it that's it once you get that win no one can take it away from you it is yours and with it you are confident in the fact that you can get it done again and not just that you will become even more confident to take on tougher scarier challenges so as you build competence keep your goals in mind what are those specific targets that you want to achieve in your life note the word specific for instance don't just say i want to make more money how much money do you want to make exactly because if i give you an extra five dollars then you've made more money your goal is achieved but is that what really your target was that's why you've got to be specific with your goals when you have outlined your goals place them at the front of your mental vision you want to wake up every day thinking about your set goals you want to become so familiar with them so that as you build competence to in view of these goals you also become more confident you'll be able to trust yourself more to achieve those goals believing in yourself becomes easier too so whatever your goals might be in the long term break them down to short-term goals too as you hit the target of these short-term goals it will boost your self-confidence and make your overall goals appear more attainable on your journey to greatness self-belief is vital and what there'll be men who won't buy into a vision or consider you capable of attaining your goals you still need a support system man they say is not an idea some of the most successful people in the world are where they are today because someone just one person looked at them and believed in them it was a catalyst that needed to propel them to greatness you my friend will also need that one person or even people so don't stay yourself away from those who believe in you you need them when things get tough you need them when you are at breaking point and you are just about to throw in the towel they are the ones who will put their hands around you and urge you to keep going they are the ones who choose to look away from your weaknesses but rather amplify your strength they are the ones who seem like they are filled with a sense of blind optimism about you they are priceless souls and you need them so when the fires of self-belief seem to have gone out from you they are the ones who can fan it to flame again they will remind you believe in yourself they could be your friend your spouse your sibling your father mother even your boss whoever that person is stick around them be there for them too it will be a symbiotic relationship that could remain priceless all your life.