You Are Better Than You Think You Are

Published July 2nd, 2007 in Work, Success, Life.

How do you perceive yourself? Would you seize opportunities that pop up, or would you simply talk yourself down for deep down you feel inferior and not deserve that good prize ahead?

No matter how smart a person is, I guess no one can escape doubting the self from time to time - which is sometimes justified, and sometimes, not so justified. But dear friend, you never know, you just may not know your full potentials, not until you give it a shot. And, determination counts too.

I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.

~ Mark Twain

How can we put things in proper perspective? You may wish to make reference to the following 2-step exercise suggested by David J. Schwartz in “The Magic Of Thinking Big”:

Determine your five chief assets
Under each asset, write the names of three persons you know who have achieved large success but who do not have this asset to as great a degree as you.

You outrank many successful people in some asset areas, right?

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6 Responses to “You Are Better Than You Think You Are”

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1 Alan Jul 3rd, 2007 at 12:37 pm

This was one of the very first books I read on the power we have to create our Life. We are only limited by our belief’s, so THINK BIG as the book suggests and you wont be disappointed. Thanks for the wonderful post Shine . Have a wonderful day!
2 shine Jul 3rd, 2007 at 2:03 pm

Thank you Alan and I totally agree with you. And, sometimes we are not even aware of how some of our beliefs have impacted / limited us.

It happens that today I read an article written by Ron White, who talked about the family backgrounds of some of the most famous US presidents: Nixon won an award from Harvard but his family couldn’t affort to send him there. Ford was an adopted child. His born father was abusive. Carter was the first member of his family ever go to colleage. His father was a peanut farmer. Reagan was the son of an alcoholic. Clinton’s father died in an automobile accident three months before he was born. His stepfather was a gambler and alcoholic who regularly abused his wife….

What if they believed that their life were already doomed?
3 Alan Jul 6th, 2007 at 5:46 pm

Interesting information Shine. Well, I like to believe that we can achieve anything we want as long as we believe we can. Doesn’t matter what has happened to us in the past.
4 shine Jul 7th, 2007 at 4:13 am

Hi Alan,

Yes, let’s not let history become an excuse.
5 Franxbudi Jul 7th, 2007 at 8:32 am

I believe that. When our mind think something We will achieve it
6 shine Jul 7th, 2007 at 9:55 am

Thanks Franxbudi.