Self Esteem And Self Confidence Are Critical To Your Goals Program
“Don’t think you are, KNOW you are”. – Morpheus
That’s a statement Morpheus made to Neo in the famous movie The Matrix, when he wanted Neo to open his mind to new possibilities.
See that imaginary ceiling you are looking at? It’s not really there.
How many times have we backed out from pursuing our goals just because we thought we are not capable enough to do it?
Be it the professional arena, or our personal lives – the number of lost chances are just to numerous to count for many of us.
Lack of self esteem can cause failure to act and that is disaster to any goals program.
If we just relax and ponder over those lost chances we will realize that the fine line that differentiated between a blockbuster success and an utter failure was not resources, but it was sheer lack of willpower, or lack of belief, or lack of self confidence that we could achieve what we want.
Ask any anthropologist, and she will say that there are a whole lot of factors that differentiates human beings from about 100 million other species that populate our Mother Earth.
However, one single factor that makes us truly different from other species is that we are self aware and we have the ability to dream.
Dream Big, so say the achievers. We are limited only by the greatness of our dreams. So, how do we get that power that lets us dream big? It is not a secret formula. It is not rocket science either.
Try the following 3 rules of thumb and perhaps you will start enjoying the habit of dreaming and pursuing your dreams to fruition.
· Maintain a positive attitude: It’s easier said that done, but having a positive attitude in life is perhaps the most important key that can lead you to success. You know you are good, and you know you can do it. So what exactly is stopping you from taking that plunge?
Love the person in the mirror; admire that person. Someone may call you a narcissist, but you will love the feeling of loving yourself. Start believing in yourself and take the 1st baby steps. Rest assured, with your abilities and diligence, your dreams will see fruition.
· Be happy: Have you ever wondered how infectious a bright and warm smile is? Physicists are wrong when they say that it is only heat that radiates. Human warmth radiates too. Smile, be happy and enjoy the small pleasures of life. It is a state of mind that is within your control.
You will see how this positively energizes the small world around you. And once you have your own world full of positive energy, taking on the harsh world will become an oh-so-easy activity.
· Take the 1st step, and take it firmly: It required more than a hundred years for an army of workers to complete The Great Wall of China that spanned over four thousand miles. But there was the first shovel dig, that marked the starting of the grand dream.
Project Apollo took mankind to the moon, but it all started from the first stroke of the pencil on a blank drawing board.
Do not get bogged down by the apparent enormity of any dream.
Take the first step, and take it firmly.
As Brian Tracy says, Don’t get bogged down in whether you can do a thing, ask how it can be done! Ask yourself over and over if you have to, but keep asking until you get the right answer.
Build your belief, self esteem and self confidence and you arm yourself with the mental tools that are necessary to make your dreams a reality.
So go for it, you can do it!
Al