The confidence in your decision comes once you have faith in your abilities, without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own power you cannot be successful or happy. “To believe in yourself” is the key of confidence.
Self-knowledge together with the sincere practicing of the technique of faith and prayer make us valuable assets in our business. The greatest secret for developing faith in yourself is to-prepare your mind to overflow with faith.
To be a successful in your existing business or to start a new business adventure, it is very important you should fill up your mind with faith, faith in yourself.
If you have faith…nothing shall be impossible unto you!
If God is with us, who can be against us?
Reading the above two quotes, think how a positivism fills us with self-confidence. Let me tell you about an outdoor salesman who would drive around all day calling on customers, while he drives thinking all kinds of thoughts. If his pattern of thoughts is negative, he will think many negative thoughts during the day and that, of course is bad for him, how can one expect to make a sale if he drives up to a customer’s place being in doubt that whether he is going to make a sale or not? But instead of negativity, if he fills his mind with thought full of faith and courage, he can make very good sales.
Lack of Self-confidence apparently is one of the great problems besetting people today. Always they are beset by the vague and sinister fear that something is not going to be quite right. They do not believe that they have it in them to be what they want to be, and so they try to make themselves contented with something less than that of which they are capable of
For example, a 50 plus aged person consulted me, he revealed utter despair. He said that he lost everything he had built up over the years.
“Everything?” I asked
“Everything” he repeated. I have nothing left at all, there is no hope, and I am too old to start all over again.
The fact that a dark shadow of hopelessness had entered into his mind, leaving him without force or will power
So I said let’s take a paper and write down the values that you have.
“There is no use” he sighed, I said let’s see anyway, and then I asked “Is your wife still with you?”
“Why? Yes of course, and we have been 30 years of marriage and she would never leave me no matter how bad things are”.
“All right let’s put it down” then I asked “Do you have children”?
“Yes, I have 3 children, I have been touched by the way they come and tell me “Dad we love and we’ll stand by you”.
“Good, Then I asked do you have friends?” I Asked.
“Yes, I have some really fine friends, They have come around and tell me to help me out, but what they can do for me?” he replied.
“That is number three, now tell me have you done anything wrong?” I asked.
“My integrity is all right, I have always try to do right thing and my conscience is clear.” he replied
“Ok we put down this as number four, now tell How is your health?”
“My health is alright” he answered
“Well, we put this as number five, How about the Country you live in? Do you think, it still has business opportunities”?
“Yes, the country I live in, has lots of opportunities, and it is the only country in the world I would want to live in”.
“Well we put this as number six and now tell me do you have religious faith, faith in God?? I asked.
“Yes, he replied.
Now let’s list all assets you have:
1- Wonderful wife
2- Three devoted children who stand behind you
3- Friends who are ready to help you
4- Integrity – nothing to be ashamed of
5- Good health
6- Good country you live in, with lots of business opportunity
7- Have strong religious faith.
“Take a look at that. I guess you have a quite a total assets, but you told me everything swept away.”
He realized, “I never thought of it that way. Perhaps things aren’t so bad as I thought so. May be I can start all over again if I just get some confidence; if I can get the feeling of some will power within me.”
Well he got it! He did start all over again but he did only when he changed his viewpoint, his mental attitude. Faith swept away all his doubts!
So, if you feel that you are defeated and lost confidence in your ability to win, just sit down take a piece of paper and make a list of all the factors that are with you, your inner power will reassert and with the help of God, lift you from defeat to victory.
Emerson declared a tremendous truth:
“They conquer who believe they can do.”
“Be bold, courageous and mighty forces will come to your aid.”
I mentioned in the above article how important is self-confidence and to believe in yourself and if you believe then you can take any challenge to succeed in business.
Awesome article ….very inspiring reminded me of someone who lost almost everything…. his age was also 50 years something then … Today with Aqa Maula’s TUS dua mubarak he is the most well settled among his sibblings…Alhamdolillah!