What a Difference Belief Can Make

Copyright (c) 2010 Patric Chan

Maybe you've experienced this before

We didn't think that we can do something but when told that it's real easy, hey presto, we too can do it.

It can be something as simple as unscrewing the cap of a bottle. These things can be pretty tight. Sometimes we will try to unscrew the thing to the point were we are red in the face but it just wouldn't budge. But when we see that somebody else can easily do it (sometimes these people are not necessarily bigger or stronger than us), we find that we can do it too.

What's the difference?

It's because when we were handed the bottle the first time, we were usually told that the cap is tight or it's stuck, so we too believe that it's going to take a lot of effort to unscrew it and we just don't have it in us. But when somebody else succeed where we failed, we immediately see that it is possible.

When we believe that we have the ability to do anything, there is nothing we can't accomplish.

Amazing things happen when you believe in your abilities. An example is the man who lost his ability to walk after an accident. But if he believes that he will be able to walk again, it is possible. It might take time and many hours of physiological therapy, but as long as he believes in his ability, he will walk again.

Isn't that what happens to our life most of the time?

There are people who want salary raise but don't believe that they deserve it so they never got it.

Some people start a business but they didn't believe they are able to run it, therefore their business fail.

Some people lose because they didn't believe they could win.

When you have the right belief system, you'll succeed simply because you know it is POSSIBLE for you to be successful. Most of the time, the hardest part of becoming successful is to convince your own self of the possibility' not others. It is YOU who decide whether you want to achieve your goal or not and when you set your mind to it, nothing's going to stop you.

Everything else is just background noise that can be tuned out.

Isn't that interesting? We just have to change our believe system.


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Patric Chan is the founder of successandlife.com, a Web 2.0 self improvement website where everyone can add their own articles and content on it for free. He is also giving away 2 of his best Success Formula Videos at patricchan.name.