"Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks."
~ Joe Paterno
There's a seven-foot bronze sculpture of revered coach Joe Paterno outside Pennsylvania's Beaver Stadium. He's pointing up to the sky and seems to be saying, "Confidence is the key to ALL the locks." For 52 years, he has taught his Penn State players about winning at football... and life.
Through bad times and career resurgence, you have to believe in yourself, in your ability to get the job done. If you believe in yourself, others will believe in you, too.
"Self-confidence," said English literary genius Samuel Johnson, "is the first requisite to great undertakings."
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DO THE THING YOU FEAR...
"The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experience behind you." ~ William Jennings Bryan
U.S. congressman William Jennings Bryan ran unsuccessfully for U.S. President three times. Failure did not stop the gifted orator from continuing to strive for...and achieve... success.
Risk may be scary because we do not have control of the unknown. Change and challenges may shake routines and test our confidence. But to quote Common Sense expert Thomas Paine, "The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
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A WINNER...
"I have always seen myself as a winner, even as a kid. If I hadn't, I just might have gone down the drain a couple of times. I've got something inside me, peasant-like and stubborn, and I'm in it 'til the end of the race." ~ Truman Capote
See yourself as the winner that you are. Self-esteem grows with success. Concentrate on the positive. Celebrate your past successes and remember them. Use that memory as a tool to help build future successes.
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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF...
"Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself." ~ William J. H. Boetcker
Visualize the outcome and keep focused on the goal. Believe in yourself. After all, what have you got to lose?
Have a great weekend!
leialoha@dailycelebrations.com
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