The best ways to believe in yourself & start to achieve your dreams

If you truly want to be successful in chasing your dreams and aspirations, you are going to need to be believe in yourself and your decisions. The more that we believe in ourselves, the more capable we are of achieving anything that we set our minds to. Seems pretty easy, right? Well, it’s actually pretty hard. While some are born with a lot of self-belief, others need to search long and hard for their talents and learn how to build their own version of success. Here are 5 ways to believe in yourself again and start achieving your dreams.

1. Believe That Anything Is Possible

Again, a lot easier said than done, but you need to believe that anything is possible. If you don’t believe in yourself or your dreams, how are you going to expect others to believe in you. Your mind is the strongest part of who you are. If you can drive the expectation into your mind that you can and you will achieve whatever it is that you want, there will be no stopping you. The truth of the matter is that you can honestly do anything that you set your mind to. All you have to do is to remain positive and believe in yourself. Instead of saying that you can’t, always remember that you can.

2. Ignore Hate and Negativity

I can’t stress this enough. If you want to believe in yourself and achieve YOUR dreams, you have to quit caring what others think. People are always going to try to bring you down, that is just the nature of the human race. They are going to do whatever they can to diminish your happiness and success because they hate to see you happier than them.

All of the people that used to pick on me only did so because they were jealous. They knew that if they didn’t bring me down, I would be happier than them and would live a better life. This caused me to spend so much time following the belief of others, that I forgot to follow my heart. While I was thinking about what others thought, they were not thinking about me, they were thinking only about themselves. All this did was take time away from chasing my goals and my dreams in life.

3. Motivate Yourself To Achieve Your Dreams

See it, strive for it, and achieve it. Make it so that wherever you look, your goals are right there in front of you. Put a picture by your bed, you the wallpaper on your phone, use the desktop image of your computer. Whatever your dreams are, surround yourself with them so that you never lose sight of them. The more that you see your dreams and see them as a reality, the more motivated you will become to achieve them.

Also, try using a vision board. That’s right mom, I said it. My mom got me hooked on the thought of having a vision board. A vision board is literally any board where you can place your dreams, goals, and how you want your life to look. It helps to clarify your goals and to concentrate on what it is that you truly want in life. The more you see your goals, the more that your goals become a focus.

4. Acknowledge The Positives and Learn From The Negatives

Feed off of all of the positives in your life and keep them close to you. The more positivity we encounter, the happier we are, the more motivated we stay, and the more we believe in ourselves. Positivity and hope are simply the solutions to all of the problems that we face in life. If your family makes you positive, be with them as much as possible. If it’s your friends, spend more time with them. Honestly, surround yourself with positivity as much as possible.

Life is not always going to be easy. There are going to be some negative moments in life, but it all comes down to how we perceive these moments. The best thing that we can do is learn from the negatives and move on. It does us no good to dwell on the negatives in life, and it will not get us any closer to achieving our goals. It will only drive us crazy. So focus on the positives and use them as reinforcements. At the same time, learn from the negative and immediately move on from them.

5. Get Out There And Get It Done

The only way that you are truly going to achieve your dreams is if you get out there and execute. See, we can say all we want that we want to change our lives and chase our dreams. Prove it. Don’t just say that you want to achieve your dreams, get out there and actually put in the effort that it takes to achieve them.

We need to realize that while we are talking about achieving our goals and dreams, there is always going to be someone out there that is putting in the effort to achieve theirs. Nobody is going to chase your dreams and aspirations for you, so it is ultimately up to you to create your own path. If you have to stay up through the night to chase you dreams, do it. If you have to take up a second job, do it. Whatever you have to do, do it. If it means enough to you, find a way to get it done.

Closing Thoughts

The worst thing that we can do as humans is to doubt our ability to succeed. The minute that you do this, you will lose sight of your dreams and will settle for being mediocre. Your dreams will just become a distant thought and your confidence will plummet. Instead, learn to love yourself and learn to love the power that you hold. See your positives and ignore the negatives. If you do this and use the tips above, it will help to keep your dreams in sight and your motivation at an all time high. Now get out there, believe in yourself, and achieve your dreams.

Michael Bonnell

6/18/2018

 

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