Motivation: Self-belief

Negative Thinking
Once you expect to fail, you will tend to choose the actions that take you towards failure.That is the way your brain works. If you do not change your negative thought processes, you will end up getting just what you expected in the first place - failue.The only way could justify constant lack of success was to give other people reasons - or excuse - why i had failed.

Connection between performance and self-belief.When your self-belief is low, your performance will reflect it and you will underachieve.If you can raise your self-belief, you will start to expect success and will therefore take the actions that lead to success.

The voices in your head question your skills, remind you of your recent failures and constantly focus your minds on what other people might think if you do not perform to your ability.Those voices help you to find excuses for a poor performance.This is true of everything you do in life.

The most difficult thing in this whole cycle is knowing when you suffer from low self-belief.Others can usually tell by watching or listening to you perform but you often don't realise it yourself until it is too late and you are already on the path towards failure.

Positive outlok
When you make excuses, it shows that you are struggling with your self-belief.Next time you give someone a reason for something you could not do or did not succeed at, ask yourself: Is this really a reason or is it just an excuse?You need to be totally honest with yourself and examine if you are making excuses rather than providing truly valid reasons.If it the former, your self-belief needs fixing.

Don't spend your energy looking for reasons why you can't cope but work on your self-belief - t will always lead to success.

By: John Shackleton