Self belief must come first

It’s been an interesting few weeks in my world.

(And when I say interesting, I mean kinda-sucked-but-I’m-looking-for-a-silver-lining interesting. I’ll find the silver lining. Always do.)

Anyone else in the same boat?

Today, I am bringing you a short and sweet message that I also need to hear. Short and sweet is all my brain can handle right now. 😂

Here it is:

No one can believe in you unless you believe in yourself.

It is not the responsibility of others to pick you up and put you back together when you fall down.

It is YOUR responsibility… and yours alone.

We must believe in ourselves even when others don’t.

Scratch that: we must believe *especially* when others don’t.

You have to believe in yourself when you make a mistake.

You have to believe in yourself when you lose a customer.

You have to believe in yourself when you miss a goal. When you take a risk and fail. When you lose a deal.

You have to believe in yourself even when the hits start to feel personal.

(BTW—I spent so many years trying to convince myself that business isn’t personal, but I could never do it. Because my business IS personal. My business is part of me. I take every single little detail of my business very personally, and I will continue to do so. Proudly.)

Believing in yourself is a crucial ingredient of success.

When everything else falls away—your self-belief will keep you going.

I believe in myself even when shit gets hard. When the load feels too heavy to carry. When the hits keep on coming. I still believe.

And I believe in you, too.

Remember: tough times don’t last but tough people do.

❤️