@ Dave – Shut your face Fowler and get your own question.

@ Great example Mike and thanks for sharing.

@ Melissa – Of course it’s easier said than done, but so is everything apart from talking. It doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do it.

I good dose of believe in yourself is nice, but it’s easier said than done.

Melissas last blog post..NaNoWriMo Excerpts

I used those three things to achieve my first dream in life, and I am using them to achieve my next.

I spent my summers weeding potatoes on my family farm. I worked more hours than I can recall getting those potatoes out of the fields, across the grading table, and into the bag, out to the stores. My purpose was always to live the life that this work had set me up for. Flying. Thats what I dreamed about all those days, partly because our farm was 10 miles east of Syracuse, NY. Right underneath the arrival corridor for runway 28 at SYR. Seeing those planes day after day had its toll. Purpose!

I gained confidence through each flying hour, experiencing the weather, perfecting techniques, learning the “way”. Every flight was a new success, every success fueled the next. Confidence grows through experience. Confidence!

I believed in my ability to fly as a professional; safely, efficiently, and in any situation. I built the experience and knowledge; coupled it with a sense of purpose to make it possible to work in that environment. Belief!

I swung for the bleachers when I was given the opportunity, and landed my dream job. Now that the airlines management is turning that dream upside down, my new dream is to do something else. Something I control, something that is more fulfilling.

I know we hear this a lot, but if this farm kid can do what I am doing, what is your excuse?

Thanks for the reminder Tim!

Mike

Vered – MomGrinds last blog post..War Is Ugly. It Hurts People.

The context is in achievement of outrageous goals and how belief in our own ability can vastly increase the chance of success. Sorry if I didn’t make that obvious and I agree with what you say, but there’s a book in there not a 1,000 word post ;-)

Cliff may well have believed he could finish and even win that race, but he might also have believed that women who float are witches, that he possessed all the wisdom of the ages or that his mother was a duck.

Don’t just believe in yourself and leave it at that, open up the detail of what’s in those beliefs and be ready to challenge them.

PS: Thanks for the link love, even if you disagree with 3 and 10 :)

@ Ali – The question to ask is when you get much older will you regret trying and not getting the results you’d wish for or not trying at all most of all?