You Can Only Achieve What You Believe

“To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.”
—Muhammad Ali

Even if we are not trying to be the champion of something, we still have to believe to achieve. Our self-esteem is dependent on what we think about ourselves. It matters not if 100 people tell us how great we are or how well we’ve done something, if we don’t believe it for ourselves it makes no difference to us.

Some of us suffer from social anxieties which means that most of the time in order to do things in public we must talk ourselves into going, and often once we get there we are fine and able to engage. But how many times did we not do things because we were too afraid?

That time is in the past and now we can go in confidence because we know why we are “shy” and we know that we can do it. For those who suffer from this anxiety hold your head high next time you are in a situation that you fear. Most of the time other people are more worried about themselves than you, they have their own anxieties about things. Think of yourself as good enough, honorable enough, outgoing enough and go to that event or put yourself in that situation that you really want to be in, but are afraid.

No matter if we are trying to get up the nerve to attend a party or some other social event, or to get on stage to perform, we must believe we are good enough and strong enough or we won’t be able to make it. Like the old saying, “Fake it ‘til you make it,” it’s up to us to attempt things we fear.

Living a full life means that we often must face our fears and move out of our comfort zones in order to experience all that life has to offer.

If you don’t believe you can do it, you can’t.