Volume II Part 14

themilliondollarathlete
"Bring Out The Greatness Within You"

If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll
get it.
—Malcom Forbes—

The Chicken Or The Egg?

Now I ask you, what comes first self-confidence or success? Do you need self-confidence to become successful or do you need success first to become self-confident? What do you think? You may think this is a chicken and egg question, but it’s really not.

If you want to become The Million Dollar Athlete, you need to have control of everything and anything you do in life. That means you need to have a tremendous amount of self-confidence FIRST before you can control your destiny.
Have you ever heard sports announcers say, “the QB is starting out by throwing short passes so they can build their confidence in throwing the ball.” THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE WRONG APPROACH! If you try to succeed first before you gain confidence, you’ll never be in control of your own destiny. Why?

Think about it for a minute. How fragile might you be if you let success control your confidence level? Using the QB example above, if you throw four or five incomplete passes in a row where’s your confidence level now? It’s probably pretty low.

What if self-confidence is the controlling factor instead? How do you think you would react now if you threw those same four or five incomplete passes? Your attitude would be that you will complete the next ten in a row because your self-confidence hasn’t been shaken! By allowing confidence to control your destiny, success becomes automatic.

Shaken—Not Stirred!

So your confidence will drive your success. Don’t worry if you aren’t a success right away—most people aren’t. Continued failure may shake your self-confidence but don’t let it consume you. If you play baseball or softball, accept that you will be in a batting slump. The quicker you recover depends upon the amount of confidence you have in yourself as a hitter.

Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees hits over .300 every year, and goes into batting slumps. He recognizes this and puts the past behind him so he can concentrate only on today. Athletes like Jeter have their confidence shaken, but it’s never stirred. All the great ones realize this fact and it’s what makes them Million Dollar Athletes.

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Tony Falco
“The Million Dollar Athlete
www.milliondollarathlete.blogspot.com