With any mountain or challenge in life the first step in conquering it is belief. The mind is so powerful and, in many ways, either propels us forward or holds us back depending on what we tell ourselves and believe. With every challenging hike or mountain that I climb I have to believe that I can accomplish the task. Granted at times it takes multiple moments of reinforcing this belief that I can do it.
In psychology, the term for this is called positive visualization. Say that I have to give a public speech in front of a crowd and I’m pretty nervous. I get up to give the speech and I start stumbling over my words and become more concerned of what people think about me. Chances are the speech is not going to go how I want it to. I’m more reacting than being proactive to the situation. Now the second scenario I begin to play out in my mind how the speech will go, when to emphasize what part of the speech, how the crowd will react, etc. More often times than not, the speech will go a lot smoother. I’ve had similar situations happen to me. If I just take a little time to mentally prepare and visualize the successful outcome, then the likelihood of yielding positive results is higher.
Regardless of what situation you’re in, you have the ability and capability of taking it by the reins and putting yourself in the driver’s seat. Before you do that though, just know that the power of belief can go a long way.
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