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Hope is the ability to hear the melody of the future. Faith is the courage to dance to it today.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can\u2019t do it. You\u2019re not good enough. Why should you try? You\u2019ll never make it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This voice that taunts your every goal in life. Your voice! You constantly talk to that person daily; in the mirror, in the car, at your desk, in a group of people, standing in line, etc. That voice can slap you harder than any other and you allow it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.\u201d Honore de Balzac<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Faith is not something instilled. You must work toward it. It\u2019s not a feeling, it\u2019s a choice<\/strong>. I say this to people all the time. You cannot live on faith alone. It is a work in progress. You can have faith in everything but until you put forth the effort will you find change. Learning how to recognize your self-doubt is crucial. When you say, \u201cI can\u2019t\u201d, \u201cI won\u2019t\u201d, or \u201cI don\u2019t know\u201d, try replacing that phrase with \u201cI\u2019m going to try.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not saying self-doubt goes away but I am saying that you can learn to deal with it positively. Why doesn\u2019t it ever go away? One reason is because you do not allow it. A second reason is because people will always try to bring you down. It\u2019s like poison in your veins. Here\u2019s the kicker, you let them. Stop allowing others to steal your thunder. Make your statement, not your memo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give yourself the path to try and triumph. I promise you can\u2019t go wrong. You must have enough faith to risk whatever it is that you have your sights on.   If not, it is just one more day of a missed opportunity. There is not enough room in your mind for both worry and faith. You must decide which one will live there<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally, I didn\u2019t have the faith that I would succeed as a personal trainer. Everyone else thought I did, not me! I worried about what people would think, if I was good enough, would people trust me, could I push people beyond their limits to change them, would they have faith in me? Until I stopped worrying how it was going to happen and started believing that it would happen, my feet were planted. It was the day, I had enough faith in myself to shut the door to a classroom that was my comfort zone for more than 14 years and JUMP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you are human, you have struggled with belief.\u201d Paul Carrick Brunson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To believe or have faith in yourself you must\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n