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Reason #10: You Don’t Think You
Can.
We all talk to
ourselves. A major key to success exists in what we say to ourselves, which
helps to shape our attitude and mindset.
Darren L. Johnson
Darren L. Johnson
When it comes right down to it, there’s only one real
barrier that will keep you from achieving anything you set your mind to, and
that’s this: Your belief in yourself. If you don’t honestly believe you are
capable of achieving your goals, your chances of doing so are very limited. And
by the same token, if you honestly believe you CAN achieve your goals, there’s
nothing that can stop you.
Many of us grew up with a limited sense of self-esteem and
self-confidence. We constantly doubted our ability to do anything, from cross
the street by ourselves to get a date. While this could spring from
overprotective parents, who just wanted to protect us from the big, bad world,
it resulted in lack of confidence that carried over to our adult life.
The only way out is through. The only way to build
self-confidence is to do things you are nervous about. That means talking to
strangers in line at the grocery store if you’re hoping for a career in direct
sales, or posting some of your poetry on your blog if you’re interested in
becoming a writer. In the words of Eleanor Roosevelt, “You must do the thing
you think you cannot do.”
There is no shortcut to self-esteem or confidence. No one
can give it to you, which is where so many of the school programs aimed at
enhancing kids’ self-perception go wrong. It must be earned, the old fashioned
way, through risk and reward.
The great thing about confidence is that you can start
small. If you want to complete the Ironman Triathlon, you don’t have to start
at Lake Placid. Instead, you can run around the block and swim a length of the
pool. Then you run a mile and swim two lengths, and bike home. You build and
build and build, and while you’re building your muscles, you build your
confidence. You know you can swim two laps because last week you swam one and a
half. You know you can sell $500 in a week because last week you sold $400. You
know you can get three customers because you have two right now. And so it
goes.
Sometimes you may fail; you only make it one and a half
lengths, or you only sell $467 in a week. But by looking at where you’ve come
from and how far you’ve gone, you know that the next step is within your reach.
And when you feel that in your very soul, you will be unstoppable. There is no
obstacle or challenge that will be too large for you to overcome, because you
know you can.
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