Don't Underestimate Yourself: You Are Capable To Do Way More, Than You Think

I have seen so many people underestimate themselves, not just in terms of career, but also in terms of relationships. I want to tell you, that you can achieve whatever you put your mind to and if someone says you are not good enough for something, then try doing it anyway.

You might surprise yourself at how much more capable to do, than what you originally thought. Confidence is beautiful and attractive and if people don't like confident people, who speak their minds then they don't deserve happiness anyway.

If you have always dreamt of starting anything you wanted, but never quite found the right idea to act on. Don't let that stop you! When it comes to creating your dreams, the limiting factors are usually belief and confidence. 

Success is about your mindset. Your capabilities are only limited by the way you view yourself and the world around you. The reason so many of us never achieve our goals is because we often limit ourselves long before we even get started.

The Advantages Of Self-Confidence

Confidence is attractive. It is a quality, that people are drawn to in others. It creates an atmosphere of trust, which enables people to do things in others, that they would not normally do. Confidence gives you an advantage in all kinds of social interactions. It enables you to hold your own in conversations with other people where you might not usually be as fluent. It enables you to ask for things, that you might not normally ask for.

Confidence also enables you to take risks, that you might not normally take. When you are feeling confident, you are less likely to think about the consequences of your actions. You are more likely to do whatever it is you are planning to do. So is confidence a good thing? Yes. Confidence is a very desirable trait. It enables you to thrive in this competitive world. It enables you to do things, that other people could not do. It enables you to be happy.

Unfortunately, many people do not possess this quality, or do not develop it until a much later age. As a result, they are continually subject to feelings of inadequacy. It is very important as you grow up, that you develop a sense of confidence.

It is also important, that you understand the reasons for this. People often mistake confidence for arrogance. Arrogance is a foolish and unattractive trait. Whereas confidence enables you to get what you want out of life, it also enables you to hold your head high and look forward to challenges.

The Power Of Self-Belief

Self-belief is the other important thing, that you must have to reach your goals. Without it, you cannot possibly succeed. It could be confidence, it could be belief, it could be a little of both. Whatever it is, you must have it. You must believe, that you could achieve something if you try, even if the odds are against you.

You must believe, that you are good enough to do something, even if you have no training or experience in doing it. You must believe, that you could be successful, no matter what your competition thinks. You must believe in yourself.

This is really important. It is very easy to believe in something, when it is being presented to you. It is another thing entirely to believe in something, when there is no option but to believe in it, or to not believe at all. You must decide for yourself whether you are going to believe or not.

You cannot allow other people to determine your beliefs for you. You cannot rely on the fact that someone else is relying on you, or that you are surrounded by people who believe in you. The only person who can determine if you are going to succeed, is you.

Stop Comparing Yourself To Others, You Are Unique

You are not like anyone else. You are a highly-individualized being, with your own interests, with your own motivation, with your own ideas. There is only one person that can truly understand you and that is yourself. Everyone else's understanding of you is conditioned by their own understanding of you. Stop comparing yourself to other people. You are not on the same playing field. You do not have the same goals. 

You are a success in your own eyes, if you are what you want to be and if you make your own choices and take control of your own life. Success is not determined by what anyone else thinks of you. It is determined by what you think of yourself. Why should your opinion matter at all?

You have a great capacity to create and define your own concept of success. You do not need anyone else's. You are a unique being, who has never been presented with the choices, that other people have. Why should you have anyone say at all in how you live your life? 

Because you are the only person in the world, who has to live with the consequences of the choices that you make. You are the only person, who has to look in the mirror every morning and ask, "What am I going to achieve today?" You are the only person, who can answer that question for yourself. There is no one who can define your success for you, because in the end it is you who will decide your own definition of success.

It’s All About Perspective

I have already mentioned above, that confidence and self-belief are qualities, that people are attracted to in others. The more confident you are, the more people will trust you. The more people trust you, the more successful you will be. This is why people are always telling each other how great they are, how much potential they have, how amazing their ideas are.

Because people look at things differently, when they are feeling good about themselves. But people are also very prone to letting their imaginations run away with them. It is very easy to imagine, that other people have confidence and self-belief and they do not. It is also easy to imagine, that you have confidence and self-belief and you do not.

You must decide for yourself if you have what it takes to be truly successful. What do you have to lose by trying? Everything you might gain is much more, than what you would have lost by not taking that chance. You must decide if you are going to be truly successful or not. It's all about perspective.

Thank you for reading.