Importance of Believing In Yourself

Individuals often mistake self-belief for simply being confident in one's skills or abilities, when self-belief, in fact, is the confidence of getting through any obstacles, the commitment to acquiring any knowledge or skill necessary and seeing the task at hand to completion. Many may often wonder where this confidence stems from and what is it that allows some individuals to be able to believe in themselves unequivocally. The best way to boost your self-confidence and truly believe in yourself is to reflect on how you tackled every failure in the past. Give yourself the credit you deserve. The steps that got you where you have reached are just as crucial as the ones you will take in the future. Every learning is a small success in itself. Success, especially that which arises from failure, can be transformed into crucial self-motivation for the future and help you build a strong belief in yourself. 

Why is it important to believe in yourself, you may ask? Simply put, your belief in yourself equips you to deal with the difficult times in life. Believing in yourself helps you draw inspiration from your success and learn from failure to use these in every future endeavor. Robert Kiyosaki, the notable author of the famous book Rich Dad, Poor Dad, has said, " Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning." I wholeheartedly agree with him. In my opinion, individuals sometimes remain unsuccessful due to a lack of self-belief rather than a lack of skills. Our decision to accept or pursue a task is the first step toward success, and our first meaningful win is not getting bogged down by the ifs, buts and possibility of failure. And this comes from believing in yourself. It is smart to know your abilities, but it is smarter to understand that life is about learning. You live and breathe to learn. It helps you grow and evolve to become a better version of yourself. "The skills you have, you apply. The skills you don't have, you acquire." this should be the approach with which to begin any task. 

Believing in yourself helps you gain a positive perspective in life. It allows you to utilize every opportunity that life presents, work toward improving yourself and reach your true potential. You can think of self-belief as the software developer who fixes any bugs in the system and improves your overall performance in life. So, take a moment before you begin your next task, gather your self-belief, commend yourself for your last success and let it propel you to achieve success in the future.

Nasir Shaikh