Believe in Yourself

What do you think is one quality that can make or break a person? Some of you might think it is “Talent” for if you are talented nothing can stop you and once opportunity comes knocking your door you will have your chance to shine. Some might think it is the “Hard work” for it is only by working hard you can achieve something unless you are lucky, then there is something called “Luck” for if you do not have the luck by your side you cannot win,  others might think it is the “Perseverance” for you need it while things are up against you . I feel it is the CONFIDENCE. I think if you have the confidence you can achieve whatever you want. You may even call it self-belief. For most of the successful people who were considered rebels or maverick before they became successful, they were all so sure about themselves and what they wanted that people considered them as rebels. Perhaps it is a universal fact that if you challenge the conventional you are considered rebels even though you are trying to put together a different perspective of things which you know is right or can be right under circumstances.

I was reading the autobiography of Lee Iacocca, I was blown away by the life story of that man. I mean it is one thing to be top of you academic and professional career, not that it is as easy or as simple as it sounds; or to have such amazing achievements working at the second largest car maker of the world but it is a totally different ball game when you are handed over a sunken ship and you turn it around like that. Even at the top people do succumb to fear and challenges and to take up a challenge like that and win it, the story deserves to be a bestseller for decades. This is just one of example, I watched the movie on the life of Indian Cricket Captain MS Dhoni, and it says the same thing- you got to have that kind of confidence despite the trials and tribulations. If you have the confidence you will work hard with perseverance to hone your skills which will take you to the top.

I read a beautiful line somewhere, “Between what you want and what you choose, lies your strength or your weakness”. So if you believe in your strength you will make the right choice. The choice that will take you closer to what you want.