Without self-confidence, a man is incomplete. Very similarly, without discipline, a man's mindset is incomplete. We may be having our own ideas to do something to come up in our lives. We may not be having that much talent to achieve the same. But that does not mean that we are incapable. Let the people around us place a million reasons as to why we can't reach our goals, but we must be in a position to give million-and-one reasons to say that we are worth it.
First of all, we must not give ear to discouraging words but must be serious enough to listen to the criticism. Since because it is criticism, it is not destructive and it should not be taken so. The very same criticism that brings our self-confidence level down will take us close to our goal unlike the false praise, which is sure to take us far away from our goal. If we are mature enough to understand this sour truth, we will be able to achieve sweet success in due course of time!
Again, we need to understand one thing. We can be self-confident, but we must not become overconfident. Some people may not be able to find the difference between those two, not because they don't know the meaning, but because of the built-up of ego in their minds to the size of a mountain, which will not allow them to understand as to whether the goal they selected will be achieved by them or not. Because of this ego, many people's lives are ruined undoubtedly.
There are some people who despite being self-confident are met with failures. Why? Because their self-confidence is not consistent. As soon as the magnitude of the problem goes beyond their control, their self-confidence is completely lost. So, the mere presence of self-confidence is also of no use if it is not consistent!
There are some people who are actually the other way round to the ones I mentioned above. Whenever they are facing a problem, they will be acting perfectly. Let's consider that the problem is getting a lot bigger and going out of proportion. Still, they won't lose heart! The more the situation demands, the greater will be their performance level and this is just due to their increasing self-confidence that is directly proportional to the problems they are facing. These types of people will never lose and even though they lose, they won't bother and will find a way to come out of their failures and reach success summit easily!
There are some people who are confident, but not self-confident. This is their ultimate weakness. The unfortunate thing due to this characteristic is that they will not be able to find out their hidden talent and will continue to live among a flock of sheep under someone's control. Unless they change this mindset, it will be impossible for them to prove themselves. Firstly, they won't be knowing they are something special, let alone proving themselves.
You make some good points, but I don't think the mindset of the individual in terms of self confidence is always the determining factor to success, especially if they are self aware. There are many measure of success and many paths towards getting there.
Fine. Agreed.
My take on this article is about the need of self confidence to achieve a goal. If our mind isn't possessing that important characteristic, how can we move forward to achieve our goal?
Without having a belief on oneself, nothing is impossible. We call it self-confidence. This is my angle of thought. If you contradict on it, you are welcome to place your opinion.
Happy Sunday to you @moeknows.
Firstly, welcome to the #500wordsaday community. Great to see you posting here and challenging yourself. You even did exactly 500 words which is great but don't be afraid to go over that number. It's just the minimum to get people writing and forming good habits.
I like this point as their can often be a fine line between confidence and arrogance. It's not a line that you enjoy seeing people cross. You often hear people saying that they lean a lot more from their failures than they ever have from their successes which shows that we can learn from mistakes and criticisms. We can use them as tools to do better in the future and learn from where we went wrong.
I feel if you are over confident it is very hard to take these lessons on board as the attitude stops you from hearing others.
Dear @niallon11 Sir,
"Firstly, welcome to the #500wordsaday community. Great to see you posting here and challenging yourself. You even did exactly 500 words which is great but don't be afraid to go over that number. It's just the minimum to get people writing and forming good habits."
Thank you so much @niallon11 Sir for this warm welcome into this community. Regarding my article containing exactly 500 words, I thought this is more of like #Zapfic and wrote exactly 500 words. Thanks for this enlightenment, Sir.
"I feel if you are over confident it is very hard to take these lessons on board as the attitude stops you from hearing others."
I am proud to say that I am self-confident, but not definitely overconfident. While the former will help us, the latter is sure to destroy us.
Once again, please accept my heartfelt thanks @niallon11 Sir for sharing your invaluable opinions regarding my article.
Your encouraging words boosts me like anything and fired up my spirit to the max
Bye for now, Sir.