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Chapter 9 Ninth Letter: Faith is Gold

Motto: The size of confidence determines the size of achievement. As long as we believe we can succeed, we will succeed. I never believed that failure is the mother of success, I believe that confidence is the father of success. (The force which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been confidence.) June7, 1903 Dear John: You're right that a great mind can do wonders.However, the reality is that there are always very few people who perform miracles, while ordinary people are born in large numbers. Interestingly, everyone wants to make a difference.Everyone wants to get some of the best.No one likes to suck up to others and live a mediocre life, and no one likes to feel like they are second-rate, or that they were forced into it.

Don't we have the wisdom of great talents?No!The most practical success wisdom has long been written in the "Bible", that is "unwavering faith can move mountains".But why are there so many losers?I think that's because not many people really believe they can move out, and as a result, not many people actually do. The vast majority of people regard that verse as an absurd idea, an impossibility.I think these unsaved people are making a common sense mistake of mistaking faith for "hope".Yes, we can't move a mountain by "hope", we can't win or rise to the top by "hope", and we can't gain wealth and status by hope.

However, the power of faith can help us move a mountain, in other words, just believe that we can succeed.You may think that I have mystified or mystified the power of faith, no!Confidence produces the attitude of believing "I can do it" and the attitude of believing "I can do it" produces the ability, skill and energy necessary to create.Whenever you believe "I can do it", you will naturally come up with "how to solve it", and success is born in successfully solving problems.This is the process of developing confidence. Everyone "hopes" to one day reach the top and enjoy the success that comes with it.But most of them just don't have the necessary confidence and determination, and they don't get to the top.Also because they believe that they can't reach it, they can't find a way to reach the top, so their actions have always remained at the level of ordinary people.

However, a small number of me really believe that they will be successful someday.They approach everything with an "I'm going to be at the top" mentality and reach their goals with unwavering confidence.I thought I was one of them.When I was a poor boy, I was confident that I would become the richest person in the world. The strong self-confidence inspired me to come up with various feasible plans, methods, means and techniques, and climbed to the top of the oil kingdom step by step . I never believed that failure is the mother of success, I believe that confidence is the father of success.Victory is a habit, and failure is also a habit.If you want to be successful, you have to win consistently.I don't like a lot of victories, what I want is continuous victories, only in this way can I become a strong player.Confidence fuels my drive to succeed.

Faith in great results is the driving force behind all great undertakings, books, screenplays, and scientific discoveries.Believing that you will succeed is a basic and absolutely necessary element of the successful person.But the losers graciously threw these away. I have spoken to many people who have failed in business and heard countless reasons and excuses for failure.When these losers talk, they often inadvertently say: "Honestly, I didn't think it would work." "I was nervous before I started." It wouldn't be too surprising if things failed." Adopting an attitude of "I'll give it a try, but I don't think it will work" is bound to lead to failure in the end. "Unbelief" is a negative force.When you disagree or have doubts in your heart, you will come up with various reasons to support your "unbelief".Doubt, unbelief, a subconscious tendency to fail, and a lack of desire to succeed are all major causes of failure.If you doubt, you will fail.Believe that you will win, you will succeed.

The size of confidence determines the size of achievement.People who are mediocre and live a day-to-day life are confident that they can't do much, so they can only get very little compensation.They believe that if they can't do great things, they really can't.They think they are so unimportant that everything they do seems insignificant.Over time, even their words and deeds will show a lack of confidence.If they can't elevate their self-confidence, they can cringe in self-assessment and become smaller and smaller.And how they see themselves will also make others see them, so this kind of people will become smaller in the eyes of everyone.

Those who are positive and positive are sure that they have greater value, and he can get high rewards.He believes he can handle tough tasks, and really can.Everything he did, the way he handled people, his personality, ideas, and insights showed that he was an expert, that he was an indispensable and important person. It is faith that lights my way and keeps giving me the courage to face life's ideals with joy.At any time, I don't forget to strengthen my confidence ability.I replaced thoughts of failure with beliefs of success.When I face a difficult situation, I think "I will win" instead of "I may lose".When I compete with people, I think "I'm as good as them" not "I can't compare to them".When opportunities arise, I think "I can do it" rather than "I can't do it".

Everyone's first step towards success is also a basic step that cannot be missed. It is to believe in yourself and believe that you will be able to succeed.Let the key thought "I will succeed" dominate our thought processes.The belief in success motivates our believing mind to create a plan for success.The idea of ​​failure is just the opposite, causing us to think thoughts that lead to failure. I remind myself regularly: you are better than you think.Successful people are not superhuman.Success requires no superhuman intelligence, no luck, no mystery.Successful people are just ordinary people who believe in themselves and affirm what they do.Never, never sell yourself cheap.

Everyone is a product of his thoughts, and if he thinks about small goals, the expected results are also small.Thinking of great goals leads to great success.And great ideas and big plans are usually easier, or at least not more difficult, than small ones. Those who reach the highest peaks in business, missionary work, writing, acting, and other pursuits of achievement do so because they are able to consistently and consistently pursue a plan for self-development and growth.This training program will bring them a series of rewards: rewards for more respect from family members; rewards for praise from friends and colleagues; rewards for feeling useful; rewards for becoming important people; rewards for increased income and improved living standards remuneration.

Success—achievement—is the ultimate goal of life.She needs my credit positive thinking to take care of.Of course, I don't think I can let beliefs go wrong at any time. love your father
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