Why is it so hard to believe in yourself?

 

Your brain is like a circuit switch Once you believe you are something, you actually embody it. You embody that feeling If you were, God forbid, in a coma, and you woke up and you didn't really have a memory, and you were told that you used to be a Navy Seal, they want you back now when you're healthy

Do you think you'd act differently, hold yourself differently, conduct yourself differently, and have a different self-concept of who you are than if you were told that you were a piano instructor Being successful in life is all about having the right beliefs about yourself?

Truly believing that you were something unique, that you were something special in that field If you truly believe inside of you that you are one of the best actors in the world, you will be entirely different than if you're like 'I hope I'm good' Your expressions will be totally different Your tone of voice You'll talk more convincingly. You'll use your natural voice instead of a scripted one.

You'll be more emphatic You'll be more real, more relatable Our brain is like a circuit, and so if we introduce it with the proper wire, it's going to go straight to our target If you're unsure about who you are, then your dreams, your goals, will never become a reality Everyone has mental doubts in life and internal conflicts Even the most successful people that you look up to don't live their lives.

It's how you handle those negative thoughts at that exact moment and overwhelm them with positive action. And that comes with the utmost confidence in yourself that you can handle this situation Trust in yourself that you are better than the moment The Greats think differently The greats see differently, right The great have a different worldview

They approach the game in a totally different way So I need you to do me a huge favor I need you to think about what you're thinking about when your effort is low Because if you can get this, if you can get this, you can get any success you want in life You can have anything you want in life if you can get this. The next time you give a low effort, you can give a score of 70%, 50%, or 30%.

I want you to think about what you're thinking about when your effort is low If your effort is low, you're probably not thinking about the opportunity You're probably thinking about the obligation And when you think about ET (Eric Thomas), how do you stay pumped up?

ET:

How do you stay on fire?

How are you always driven?

Even in denial, trials, and tribulations Even among your detractors When people are trying to break you and tear you down,

How do you stay strong?

I keep thinking about the opportunities Every single day I'm thinking about the opportunities and I'm not looking at this thing as an obligation. I'm not looking at this thing as something that I have to do or that I'm forced to do, right Or something that somebody's making me do every time I wake up.

I'm thinking: "I'm alive, baby, this is the day!" This is an opportunity If you want what you've never had before If you want to do something you've never done before If you want to be what you've never been before Change your mentality! And I want you to see that effort goes up when you look at it as: "I got the opportunity of a lifetime!" But you should be excited about the fact that you have an opportunity.