Golden Rule #7
Create belief in yourself by doing that which you desire once.
So the last one may have left you wondering “what if you don’t believe?” Well, although it may sound a little contradictory, the way to create belief may be to just do it. If you have even a small success then you know you can do it and the only thing stopping you from doing it again is some commitment. Of course, the doubtful will now say “but if I don’t believe I can do it, then won’t I fail?” and so begins the seemingly vicious circle.
This is where we go back to some of the “rules” we already covered - namely taking small steps and lowering the “barrier”. While trying to achieve a large task perfectly may seem crazy, imagine yourself attempting the small first step towards it. And maybe you won’t do it perfectly but you may do it. And after that, you can say to yourself “well, I was able to do that so let me try to do again but better this time”.
Babies seem to instinctively know this one. They don’t know in the beginning that they will be able to walk. But one day they try to take a step and they kinda make it then fall. So what do they do, they try it again and again. Then they get to two steps. Before you know it, they have become a crazy running toddler being chased by grown-ups. So go convince yourself that you can do it, whatever it is.
