Years ago I was told not to rah-rah peers with the “If you believe it you can achieve it” cheer.
It might not be possible for most people to have the mental motivation to get into action to achieve a goal.
In light of this reality I want to resurrect something I wrote over 7 years ago.
As the Health Guide for the HealthCentral schizophrenia website from 2007 to September 2015 I wrote hundreds of news articles about recovery that were in the vanguard.
In all the time I advanced these ideas no one else copied what I had to say or has picked up on these things since.
One article I wrote talked about getting confidence as a person living in recovery.
Right here I’ll resurrect this theme.
To get confidence you need to remember that the outcome doesn’t matter. It’s the process of taking action that counts.
In this regard I’ve always remembered what a champion athlete had to say about this:
Venus Williams the star tennis player wrote an article in the New York Times in which she talked about goal-setting.
Her ultimate criteria for success was to ask yourself if you feel good. In my take the outcome is irrelevant as well.
It is the striving to achieve something that counts more.
The prize belongs to those of us with the courage to try, to risk, to fail, and to try again.
Years ago I bought from a local trophy shop two medals that hang from red-white-and-blue ribbons. One spells out GOLD. It was my reward for lifting weights at the gym.
The other is a baker’s cap and three spoons that signified my budding hobby cooking from recipes.
As the Health Guide I championed that to feel good about yourself you should have a hobby you like to do.
You don’t need to excel at the hobby to feel good. That’s the point.
My premise was this: working out at the gym or at home entitles you to claim you are an athlete.
You are a bona fide cook or chef when you create mouthwatering meals.
Gaining expertise then I countered was a way to get confidence.
What do you think?
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