How to Believe in Your Self

Believe it or not; what you believe is what you are and do. A serious point to also consider is that what you believe is also what you don't do. As in the great words of Henry Ford: "Whether you think you can or can't, you're right!"

So what does this mean to you? Simply this, if you believe you can do something you usually do it without trepidation. Conversely if you believe you can't do something you will not even try. So by not believing you can; you severely limit yourself from many possibilities.

There is a difference between choosing to not do something, and not trying because you have limited yourself. Let us use a sport example. If you believe that you can not play tennis, then you won't try and will never know if you have a hidden talent or not. However to choose to not play tennis as you are in too poor of health and know your bones could not take the abuse, is a choice based on facts and not on belief.

So what have you not done because of a belief? What has someone told you that you could not do and you believed them? It is so sad to see so much possibility wasted because a person does not believe that they can.

Now, just trying and failing does not mean you can't do something. Chances are that if you did try tennis you would be beat. The reason you would lose is because you do not know all the rules, tasks, techniques, and skills needed to play the game well. You gain this knowledge and ability through practice, and soon you become a good player, and eventually you begin to win more than you lose.

So it is with anything in life; the universe if full of unlimited opportunity and unlimited possibility. To not even try because you believe you can't is wasted opportunity. How do you know you can't? Have you tried once and failed and so do not try anymore? Have you tried it and determined that you can't because of logical reasons? Have you not even tried because you do not think you can?