You’ve made a lot of mistakes in your life, but there’s one mistake that’s so huge that it towers over all the others. This mistake is . . .
YOU UNDERESTIMATE YOURSELF!
Just for starters, let’s look at what you have going for you. You have the world’s most powerful computer sitting right on top of your shoulders. You also have the world’s greatest machine as a body.
Most people underestimate themselves because they judge what they can do based on what they have done. There’s a big difference between what you have done in the past and what you could do in the future.
Just because you haven’t gotten your incredibly powerful mental computer up and running to its full capacity in the past doesn’t mean you won’t in the future. Just because you haven’t gotten the world’s greatest machine as finely tuned as possible in the past doesn’t mean you won’t in the future.
YOUR PAST IS NOT YOUR FUTURE.
Imagine trying to drive your car forward by only looking in the rearview mirror. You’d have trouble getting anywhere! Many people have trouble getting anywhere with their lives because they’re constantly looking in their rearview mirrors.
Just because you weren’t a superstar student in high school doesn’t mean you won’t be one in college. Just because you weren’t an outstanding athlete/musician/artist/actor/writer/etc. in high school, doesn’t mean you won’t be one in college.
DON’T LET YOUR PAST DETERMINE YOUR FUTURE.
Let me tell you a story. Bruce Baumgartner grew up in Haledon, New Jersey and attended Manchester Regional High School. While in college, he captured one NCAA wrestling championship. After college, he went on to win an amazing 13 World and Olympic medals - more than any freestyle wrestler from any country ever has.
What’s the point? There is one championship Baumgartner never won. He was never a New Jersey high school state champion. As a matter of fact, Baumgartner never came in better than third. But he didn’t let his past determine his future. And neither should you. Let’s face it . . .
“YOUR FUTURE IS SO BRIGHT,
YOU’RE GOING TO NEED SHADES.”
There will be a new blog for you every single day this weekend.
Stay with me,
Rob Gilbert
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