25th August 2010
"If your sunshine wants far outstrip your cold morning desire, have a talk with yourself. Then have a lot more talks with yourself. Convince number one that you can succeed--and you will succeed. If you don't believe in you, why should anyone else?"
Tom Hopkins
The most difficult doubt to clarify is self doubt. The highest form of confidence is self confidence. The maximum respect a person can earn is self respect. The maximum worth a person can acquire is self worth. The best image is self image. The highest form of conviction is self conviction. The maximum support a person can get is self support.
Many of us look for external help and depend on external resources to motivate us. But the truth is the fact we decide the quality of our life. We have the driving force inside. No one can motivate us unless and until we motivate ourselves. If we do not feel enthusiastic inside us, we will not display enthusiasm outside us.
We certainly need the help and support of people outside us. But that can only supplement what we already have. Let me give the example of an automobile which is stuck on the road. Others can give it a slight push. But the driver should know how to make of the push to start the engine. If he refuses to do so, no matter how much others push the car, the car will not start!
If we are not basically convinced, we will find ways and means to avoid a course of action suggested by others. We need to believe in ourselves and be confident that we will succeed come what may. If we don't have self belief, this will even reflect in our physiology and will invite others share the same feeling.
The most effective self development programme is to have a lot of self talk.
N C Sridharan
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