Having A Strong Belief In Your Abilities

in WORLD OF XPILAR3 years ago

In more cases than not, people are normally drawn towards what they believe in. This is why it has been said that for you to make impact in life, you must first have to believe that you have the abilities. Obviously, there is no one that does not have at least a particularly unique ability or gift, but you have the exclusive duty to give expression to it. However, expressing your ability first starts with believing in your ability.

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If you have a task to fulfil and you resolve within your mind that you are well able to get it done, then no matter what happens, you will still have the oomph to pursue after it and give it all it takes. However, if you conclude within your mind that you are unable to fulfil the task, then the zeal to accomplish the task will be nonexistent. For you to conquer the battles on the outside, you must first get yourself ready by conquering the battles on the inside - mind.

For you to be able to conceive a dream that is worthwhile, you must first have a strong belief in yourself. The truth is, if you cannot believe in yourself, it will be almost practically impossible for you to believe that you can fulfil your dream. Obviously, the size of your dream is almost always a direct function of the level of your belief in yourself. If you always dream big, what it means is that you believe you can take the big step to achieve it. If you only conceive small dreams, it only signifies that you have placed a limit on your ability.

It is worthy to note that no one knows you and your abilities more than you. So you have a duty to believe in yourself and in your ability, and that is only when you can believe in your dream. It is important to know that there is a big difference between having pride and believing in yourself. The former is the act of overestimating yourself, while the later is the consciousness, confidence, and knowledge of your strength and abilities.

Knowledge of one's strength is the prerequisite to improving on their weakness. Obviously, when you know the areas of your strength, you will then consolidate on them, while you work towards improving on your weak points. You see, to know your weakness, you actually need a level of strength. Adorably, everyone has their areas of strength, but you need to bear the responsibilities to discover them in other to maximise them.

You should understand that having a level of self ego is actually welcomed and needed for you to keep your confidence level afloat. Some people have brilliant dreams and mind-blowing ideas but they end up not being fulfilled simply because they do not have the required confidence to give themselves a try and to take steps. Even taking risks will often require a strong belief in yourself and it is impossible to achieve something worthwhile without taking risks. As a matter of fact, successes basically revolve around risks, but you will need confidence in yourself and in your abilities to take the risks.

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No matter what challenges that come to you in the course of taking steps, as long as your confidence does no dwindle and your belief does not reduce, you will be able to put up a confrontation against them. After all, challenges are part of the springboards towards success, but if you do not confront them, then they will still remain as challenges. More so, others have overcome similar challenges and are constantly overcoming them, so you too can overcome.

Thanks for reading

Peace on y'all

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 3 years ago (edited)

A wonderful post you've got here. You are right with what you have said many people do not believe in themselves which could be seen as low self esstem. But I guess anyone with a low self esstem which reads this post would be able to work towards building a high self esstem.

Not believing in one's self can lead to low self esteem. To build up high self esteem, one needs to start by believing in himself.

Thanks buddy

You are welcome

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