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Self-confidence is a kind of energy. Flowing from within, it can ignite a person and fire him to greatness.
However, like other forms of energy, it must be generated painstakingly, stored prudently and used wisely. It will then illuminate our path and help us transcend all lurking obstacles in our journey through life.
It was with self-confidence that John F Kennedy decreed that he will put a man on the moon. The self-confidence in what he believed fuelled Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to take that “one step for man and one giant leap for mankind,” in history. Years later, the same self-confidence put Barrack Obama in the White House as the first African American President of the world’s super power.
Seemingly impossible challenges can be met, faced and won with this powerful tool of self-confidence in oneself and in the world around.
The story of how Henry Ford pioneered the V-8 engine is often quoted to stress the importance of self-confidence in one’s accomplishments Early in the age of the automobile, Henry Ford decided to produce his now famous V-8 motor. He chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block, and instructed his engineers to produce a design for the engine.
The design was put on paper, but the engineers agreed, every one of them, that it was simply impossible to cast an eight-cylinder gas engine block in one piece. Ford said confidently, “Produce it anyway.” “But,” they replied, “It’s impossible!” “Go ahead,” Ford commanded, “and stay on the job until you succeed, no matter how much time is required.”
The engineers had to go ahead without any choice. Six months went by, nothing happened. Another six months passed, and still nothing happened.
The engineers tried every conceivable plan to carry out the order, to no avail.At the end of the year, Ford checked with his engineers, and again they informed him they had found no way to carry out his orders. “Go right ahead,” said Ford. “I want it, and I’ll have it.”
They went ahead, and then, as if by a stroke of magic, the secret was discovered.Self-confidence, which is self-belief in a nutshell, is a commanding force in unleashing inner strength.
Waking up every day with self-confidence is perhaps the only sure way to beat pessimism, overcome impediments and march towards victory.
As Poet Walter D Wintle put it eloquently, “If you think you are beaten, you are; If you think you dare not, you don’t; If you’d like to win but think you can’t, it’s almost certain that you won’t. Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger man; But sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can!”
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