Most people don't like to boast about themselves.
But if you are not going to give yourself a pat on the back who will?
Not many people are going to praise you.
You want other people to do it for you.
You are waiting for external validation.
“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”
-Michael Jordan
You are waiting for the outside world to tell you about your greatness.
Unconsciously you are training yourself to not feel good until you get some praise from the outside world.
You wait until someone says “That a boy”.
Until someone says “good job”.
Until someone says you look in good shape.
So you build this “humble” attitude.
People like this don't believe in their own abilities.
They don't believe because they don't hear enough praise from external sources.
The reality is this:
The outside world is not just going to tell you are great first.
This is your responsibility.
So what happens to the humble people with their humble attitude?
Well, they become proud of being humble.
So they are waiting to get a reward for their humbleness but that also never comes.
If you are successful and humble in a natural way then it's OK, but those naturally humble people don't expect a reward.
The only way for you to become successful is by starting to trust yourself.
How?
Start praising yourself and start celebrating yourself.
Many people celebrate sports teams or sports stars but they don't even know one of those people personally.
They love these people they celebrate them often.
But they never celebrate their own progress and accomplishments.
When was the last time you went crazy for something happening in your life?
Jump up now and celebrate it.
Do it!
Look in the mirror and tell yourself how great you are.
How To Improve Self Confidence
You need 2 things:
- You need confidence in your ability to improve.
- And you need trust that you can handle anything that comes your way.
It's not arrogant to have high levels of self-confidence.
Arrogance is rubbing it into the faces of others to make them feel bad.
Self-Confidence is believing in your abilities and being able to back them up.
You have to show up mentally.
You can show up by conditioning yourself to believe in yourself.
You have to convince yourself first before the world will believe you.
Arnold
Do you think Arnold ever doubted himself before going on stage?
Arnold Schwarzenegger the greatest bodybuilder of all time. And one of the biggest movie stars in history.
Do you think he doubted if he was the best?
Deep in his core he believed he was the greatest.
So what happens with that belief (confidence) inside him?
That confidence shines through in his energy.
Have you ever noticed when some people walk into a room you can feel it without even seeing them?
That is presence.
You can feel their presence.
Arnold has a presence.
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali used to say “I'm the greatest.”
He would say it over and over.
People thought he was arrogant.
People would say he was cocky
But he backed up the talk.
He later said he told himself that over and over, so eventually he would believe it.
Muhammad Ali was admired for his boxing skills and yes he was a great boxer.
But what made Ali really great was his mindset.
He was a mastwer of the mind and strategy.
And the combination of these 2 things made him legenadary.
And of course his level of confidence was of the charts.
Nobody loved Muhammad Ali more than Muhammad Ali.This is one of the keys to greatness, a healthy self esteem.
He learned how to use his mind and he turned it into a weapon
Conor McGregor
Conor McGregor is also someone that mastered his mind.
He even got the nickname “Mystic Mac” for being able to “predict” how his fights and career would go.
The truth is this great champion wasn't mystic or magical.
The truth us he knew about the power of the mind and the nature of this universe.
The Conor Mcgregor signature is his famous walk.It's an expression of his mindset.
Mystic Mac, Conor McGregor said the following.
“If you can see it here(pointing to his head) and you have the courage enough to speak it, it will happen. Sometimes people think these things but they don't say it. They don't put it out there. If you truly believe in it and become vocal about it you are creating that law of attraction and it will become reality.”
– Conor McGregor
“There is no opponent. There is no one, you are against yourself.I feel like I'm able to beat myself. I can beat my mind. I believe in myself so much that nothing is going to stop me.”
– Conor McGregor
Believe In Your Ability To Bend Reality.
You have to believe in your ability to bend reality to your will.
Even when no one else believes it.
If you believe and work hard good things come your way.
If you look yourself in the eyes and tell yourself and truly believe this is the way it is, then great things will happen.
Back up your talk with action and see how your world transform.
You need to condition yourself over time. Be consistent!
It will take time to break down your old beliefs with new beliefs.
Start Having A New Conversation With Yourself.
Start having a conversation with yourself every day.
Start talking with yourself in the mirror.
Start talking when you are driving your car.
Start talking!
Start telling yourself out loud how things look in your vision.
Tell yourself “I'm the greatest”
Tell yourself “I'm getting stronger”
Tell yourself “I'm rich”
Tell yourself “I'm powerful”
Tell yourself “That car is mine”
Tell yourself and then back it up with action.
Tell yourself these things like it has already happened.
Convince yourself by training your mind through expressing your vision to yourself.
When you express it, it gets ingrained in your subconscious.
Thoughts Are Things.
These thoughts become power.
Remember thoughts are things.
They are energy.
You need to build up that powerful energy inside you
You need to believe in yourself.
Because if you don't who will?
