“The man who decides what he wants to achieve and
works till his dreams all come true,
the man who will alter his course when he must and
bravely begin something new,
the man who’s determined to make his world better,
who’s willing to learn and to lead,
the man who keeps trying and doing his best is the
man who knows how to succeed.”
--Author Unknown
“Belief in yourself, a cause, or in your ability to overcome
an obstacle is a very powerful force. A strong belief in what
you want to accomplish is very important for being able to
complete your goals.
You exercise a belief in your abilities every day. While
driving, you believe in your abilities to park in a tight space
or to handle the car in an emergency situation in order to
avoid an accident.
Your belief in yourself started in childhood when you
learned to ride a bicycle, make something, or compete with
others.
As an adult, you have had to extend your beliefs in
yourself. You learned specific tasks that help you do your
work. As you grew more confident, you believed you could
do more.
Without belief, a conviction that you can do what you
set your mind to do, you will have a hard time succeeding
in anything.
The slightest bit of doubt in yourself can become an
unnecessary obstacle. Your own negativity can destroy your
momentum in accomplishing your greatness, even though
you are a capable person.
You can expand your “belief-in-yourself” attitude to all
facets of your life by conditioning your mind into believing
that you will not fail and that you will succeed in your
chosen goals.
Your mind has amazing powers. It’s more amazing than
any computer because it can create new ideas and its positive
powers can help motivate you to accomplish great things in
life. When you believe in something, your mind will stop at
nothing to bring the successful outcome to pass.
James Russell Lowell said, “Not failure, but low aim,
is a crime.” It was Oliver Wendell Holmes who said, “A
mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original
dimensions.”
“A woman from Scotland named Ms. Campbell, at age
26, left from Africa in April of 1991 in her quest to walk
around the world. By September of 1993, Ms. Campbell had
walked more than 17,000 miles through thirteen countries
on four continents.
Every goal requires a positive outlook and belief in
one’s ability to succeed.
Anyone can walk five miles in a day. Many people
in Manhattan walk five miles without realizing they’re
walking that far because so many other sights and people
occupy their attention.
Who would want to walk 17,000 miles? That takes a
real commitment. When the muscles in the body ache, the
person on such a journey has made a deep commitment to
keep right on going.
You do not have to walk around the world as Ms.
Campbell did, but you are capable of achieving some
fantastic goals in your life. Accomplishing every goal
requires one step at a time, one day at a time. It takes a great
deal of willpower, fortitude, and desire to keep moving
forward to reach your goals day after day.
Just like the person who wants to chop down a large
tree, the tree will come down, but only after repeated
swinging away at the tree. You do not have to make mighty
swings to bring down a tree, because small swings of an
axe can ultimately bring down the tree too. One drop of
water will do nothing to a heavy iron bar, but let the drops
continue, one drop at a time, twenty-four hours a day, day
after day and, in time, the drops will wear a hole through
the iron bar.
Life is no different. Think of success as focusing your
energies on one thing at a time with no disruptions.
I remember as a young boy experimenting with a
magnifying glass and a piece of paper. I had read how a
spot of light shining through the magnifying glass from the
sun could burn a hole through the paper. By intensifying
the sun’s rays, you can produce much greater heat and light.
The laser beam accomplishes a similar result. Lasers have
been expanded to be used in all parts of modern life, from
the lasers that read bar codes at the check out stands in
stores to medical uses.
There are times you need to focus on your goals with
your mind having the intensity of a laser. Laser thinking
can be useful to accomplishing goals, especially when you
have a limited amount of time to finish your goals.”
Copyright 2005 John Paul Carinci
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