When you make an emphatic statement to say you ‘will’ do something, you are being very positive. You are determined to do it and there is no possibility in your mind that you will not accomplish what you set out to do. However when you say you ‘will try’, that is very tentative. Maybe.
It implies you are not convinced that you can do whatever it is. We can’t know the future. We don’t know we will absolutely succeed without even a sliver of doubt. Therefore it is even more important to our mindset that we do not entertain any doubt because it may weaken our resolve.
When you are starting a new business everything is technically unknown – what do we need to do; how to do it; what techniques work best; what strategies have failed in the past, etc. If ‘seeing is believing’ then ’walking in faith’ must be believing in the unknown.
This is obviously more difficult to accomplish. We really need to have mental discipline. We need to figure out how to stay motivated through long ‘dry’ periods where we may not see any results or have any indication that what we are doing is going to work.
We must believe in our self. We must know that we can do whatever we try hard enough to do. The only way to look at it is If we have had failures in the past then it may help to analyze them to see what you may have done to create that result – or more likely didn’t do. What can you do different next time?
It is best to write things down so that they are better able to help you to focus on the issue. You can see it in front of you. Lists can really help you when making a decision or analyzing something. You can have a list with a straight line right down the middle of a piece of paper. List positive and negative issues – or causes and effects listed together.
Remember, the first step to success is believing in your own abilities. You will learn how to overcome any obstacle . You will learn how to do things you didn’t know how to do until you encountered them, and you will be able to sort things out after giving things and maybe their alternatives a fair chance.
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