Saturday, 19 June 2010

Have Faith In Yourself

A wise man had once told that what you think you are not is what holds you back and not what you are. To go out of the way and do a task better than needed requires a tremendous sense of self-belief. Those who don't risk it can't whisk it. Those who don't don't matter, as they get lost in oblivion. Those who take risks as inevitable and unavoidable get the prizes. To err is human. Every error is just one more example of what to do or not to do, to be successful. You cannot learn certain things in life without doing them wrong a few times.

If you always act cautious and don't do something for fear of being wrong, you won't reach far.

Winners know that they must lose sometimes to and they lose gracefully. Each defeat and each block is another stepping stone for them to climb yet higher on the mountain of fortune. Those who look high up the summit and get disheartened by the effort required always hesitate at things in life.

To be a winner, trust yourself. Going through troubles helps you assess your strength. It's an adventure filled with barriers and obstacles. You will lose some and win others. Just rise with each fall and push further. With each such heave you will grow stronger and stronger. You will become an expert and then such problems will become easy as flicking dust off your shoulder.

Winners stand resolute in face of intense opposition. Be brave because life is too short to worry about everything. Take risks and learn things. Unless you go out there how will you ever know if you could or could not have made it?

Tenacity and strength of resoluteness is one thing that determines winners and losers. Once focused, the winner never gets distracted and always works towards goals. They work when required and need not focus on the task all the time. Little is enough, at a time. With little done each time and each day, you can get very ahead. Rome wasn't built in a day.

Know that you can, if you believe and have faith, you will never question circumstance or your abilities, but always trudge on through even the muck. The best are there because they worked harder than others. It takes a lot to be the best and beat the rest... If success were easy everyone would be unsuccessful as everyone would be the same. Test yourself and know your aptitude, set realistically assessed goals and then do everything necessary to achieve them. Keep rowing whether the tide is in favor or against and you will cross the biggest oceans.

The only thing sometimes between winning and losing is that winners know they can win. It is amazing but true, when you know you can, you just do it. Never quit, never bow down to adversity, never compromise, make the required sacrifices, put in the effort, time and money and you will surely be there. The winners got where they are because they fought harder than others, they beat everyone else also wanting the spot and now can enjoy the fruits of their labor. Look yourself honestly and decide which goals you can and should achieve. Winning is good but having just participated is important and also makes one a winner in a way. Every fall is another way of getting back up. Keep up the good work and persist on. As long as you put your mind to something, nothing is impossible. In fact nowadays they say that impossible is nothing. You can do anything you want, keep at it, don't give up. Start today and see for yourself.

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