Favorite Inspirational Quotes

To be a champ, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.

Sugar Ray Robinson

I think that most of us have a hard time believing in ourselves especially when nobody else will either.  Why?  Maybe something from our childhood, the way we were raised, the way schools teach kids, the way our media and society tell us to behave, etc.  Does it really matter?

The point is that is all in the past and done.  I have to start now.  If one factor in my achieving success, becoming a champ if you will, is my belief in myself, then that is a factor I need to work on.  So how can I start if I don’t have that unshakable belief?

One way is to begin thinking, talking, and acting in the manner of someone who does have faith in herself.  I will not downplay the work I do nor the successes I do achieve no matter how small they may seem to others.  I will think of failure as a lesson to learn from and get back up to take action again.  I will act as if I know success is a foregone conclusion.  This is where I can begin.

Another step I can take in creating that belief in myself is to celebrate the small things I do and celebrate and paise where I am good.  There is at least one thing all of us can do well where we are a success and where we are good.  Acknowledge it, praise it, and realize this and it will grow.  Then get good at something else, however small, and do the same again.  In this way, my belief in myself can increase as I realize and accept the things I am good at.

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