Striving towards Excellence

The "I can't" syndrome has probably stopped more people from living full, happy lives than any of the major diseases. "I can't stop smoking," "I can't get out of debt," " I can't make it in my job". How many times have men and women come up pleading with such execuses? Once you overcome the crippling "I can't' block in your life, there's really no limit to what you can accomplish. Of course, you'll want to develop your own technique for combating the 'I can't' feeling, one that is natural to you. Many people murmur a prayer to themselves to get over obstacles.

Researchers seem to agree that at birth children possess a normal self-esteem and self-confidence. The child instinctively knows that everything he or she wants can be obtained by crying or cooing. The child is a natural born positive thinker, an 'I can' individual. The trouble is that low self-esteem and lack of self-confidence in childhood can plague one into adulthood, especially when facing career crisis. "Once in a high school football game the coach sent me in to save the situation and I blew it.

It has happened again and again. I can handle a normal situation fairly well, but when it comes to a crisis like the football game, I know I'll mess it up." Too many of us let some little negative incidents from the past control our whole lives.

I know of a woman whose self-belief was so related to an absolute faith, it enabled her to overcome the greatest difficulties. She had a total objective of helping people, especially those in pain. And her belief that she could heal had some remarkable results. And actually, the truth in a nutshell is:

By Norman Vincent Peale