You just might

Chapter 11

Life is plenty difficult, and if you are convinced you are going to lose, then guess what, you are definitely going to lose. If you think you can win, then you just might. It is not certain by any stretch, but you just might. Those who don’t believe they can succeed won’t and those who do believe they will succeed might. And that is just how it works out pretty much all the time. I am observing here, not decreeing. You are welcome to disagree with me.

So for me the big question is how to believe that you can succeed, that you can thrive, that you can move forward, that you find a win? I am facing this dilemma right now. You are too, or will soon, because this one pops up in life steady and sure. No escaping it. You have to find a way to believe in yourself, to believe you can, to think differently than as someone who is convinced they are going to lose.

So most important of all, find objective. This is critical. Objective feedback or perspectives from people who have no skin in the game, yet are pulling for you. They need to be your fan, they need to be pulling for you, or they won’t make the needed mental effort to really look at your situation, and you need them to do that so that you can have confidence in their assessment, especially if it is different than your assessment. You have your emotions all tangled up in this decision or action, and that is swaying your course. You may well need three or four of these people to get your mojo back.

You got this.